Ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been released, the Malian junta announced on Thursday.
The junta that seized power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body to rule for three years and has accepted that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita returns home.
A spokesman for Mali's main opposition leader, Mahmoud Dicko, said Dico had decided to step down after meeting with the coup's military.
The UN Security Council has also urged the mutineers to release all the detained officials and to return to their barracks
A day after mutinying soldiers detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita following months of protests against his rule, the African Union suspending the country’s membership.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dissolves national assembly amid concerns that 'attempted coup' could destabilize the whole region
The leader of the coup in Mali announced the arrest of the president and prime minister of this country.
The French government announced on Thursday that a French soldier had been killed in Mali.
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dissolved the constitutional court Saturday after political tensions sparked major anti-government protests in the capital Bamako.
Thousands of demonstrators rally in Bamako to demand security and economic reforms in the country.