Mali President Keïta Resigns Amid Protests As Political Crisis Continues

Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 8 p.m.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Nii Akuetteh, democracy activist, US-Africa relations analyst and professor at George Washington University, to talk about the military coup which last night forced the resignation of the President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, how both local and international forces are reacting to the developments, the "central role" of French imperialism in exacerbating the conditions for the seizure of power by unelected military forces.