source: Maliweb; aBamako
actor1: Rioters (Mali)
actor2: N/A
location: Bamako
notes: On 18 August 2020, a number of people including supporters and members of the Movement of June 5 staged a demonstration described as spontaneous in the capital of Bamako (Bamako, Bamako). The demonstration occurred simultaneously as a military coup was underway. Demonstrators vandalized and pillaged the houses of Karim Keita, son of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, and that of justice minister Kassoum Tapo. [size=no report]