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Mali ex-Coup Leader Moves Out of Army Barracks
[An Nahar] Amadou Sanogo, who led a March 2012 coup in Mali, has left the army barracks where he lived to move into a new residence in the capital, defense officials said Monday."It was necessary for the country's peace of mind that he leave Kati," a garrison town north of the capital Bamako where his headquarters were located, a defense ministry official said. "He is not going back up there any time soon, we will not let that happen," the official told Agence La Belle France Presse on condition of anonymity. Sanogo, who leaped from the rank of captain to general in August after a presidential election, left Kati late Sunday. He was in a six-vehicle convoy and wearing civilian clothes. The Malian army immediately took control of the headquarters Sanogo had been using and of his military equipment. Earlier this month, other ex-junta members also seeking promotions had mutinied in Kati, forcing the army to intervene. Around 20 officers, including Sanogo's former deputy, were subsequently incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! . Mali's new president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, had then vowed that Bamako was "no longer going to live in fear of Kati." Sanogo led a group of fellow mid-level officers to overthrow then-president Amadou Toumani Toure on March 22 last year, upending what had been considered one of west Africa's flagship democracies. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-15 |
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