2012 Malian coup d'état

Part of the Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)

Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted during the March 2012 coup d'état

Date	21 March 2012 – 8 April 2012
Location	Mali 12°39′N 8°0′W / 12.650°N 8.000°W / 12.650; -8.000
Result	Renegade soldiers seize presidential palace, state media and other buildings, forcing President Touré into hiding Renegade soldiers claim successful coup, declare nationwide curfew and suspend the constitution Tuareg insurgency takes control of Northern Mali and declares independent nation of Azawad December 2012 ouster of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra and his government

Belligerents

Government of Mali

33rd Parachute Regiment
Presidential Guard

National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR)

Commanders and leaders

Amadou Toumani Touré
(President of Mali)

Sadio Gassama
(Brigadier General and Defense minister of Mali)

Amadou Sanogo
(Captain and the leader of the CNRDR)

Amadou Konare
(Lieutenant and a spokesman for the CNRDR)

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

34 killed
28 wounded

1 killed
2 wounded

40 unspecified people wounded

Government of Mali

Amadou Toumani Touré
(President of Mali)

The 2012 Malian coup d'état began on 21 March, when mutinying Malian soldiers, displeased with the management of the Tuareg rebellion, attacked several locations in the capital Bamako, including the presidential palace, state television, and military barracks. The soldiers, who said they had formed the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State, declared the following day that they had overthrown the government of Amadou Toumani Touré, forcing him into hiding. The coup was followed by "unanimous" international condemnation, harsh sanctions by Mali's neighbors, and the swift loss of northern Mali to Tuareg forces, leading Reuters to describe the coup as "a spectacular own-goal". On 6 April, the junta agreed with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) negotiators that they would step down from power in return for the end of sanctions, giving power to a transitional government led by parliament speaker Dioncounda Traoré. In the following days, both Touré and coup leader Amadou Sanogo formally resigned; however, as of 16 May, the junta was still "widely thought to have maintained overall control". On 3 December 2013, a mass grave was discovered in Diago holding the remains of 21 soldiers that went missing the year before, loyal to the ousted president.

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