The UN, major African organizations, France, the United States and others condemned Monday, May 24 the "
attempted coup
" underway in Mali and rejected in advance any fait accompli, including a possible forced resignation of the transitional leaders arrested by the military.
In a joint statement, the UN mission in Mali (Minusma), the Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and the 'European Union "
demand the immediate and unconditional release
" of President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, led with certain collaborators under duress by soldiers to the Kati military camp, a few kilometers from Bamako, the center of the apparatus Malian military.