Mali protesters call for president to resign

Amid great uncertainty over the true course of events, demonstrators in Mali's capital Bamako lost no time in celebrating what they hoped was an army intervention in the country's divided politics.

Soldiers in Mali took up arms in the garrison town of Kati on Tuesday and detained senior military officers in an apparent mutiny, raising fears of a potential coup after several months of anti-government demonstrations calling for the president's resignation.

"All the Malian people are tired, we have had enough," said one protester.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the latest turmoil to wrack Mali, but the unrest erupted at the very same military barracks where the country's 2012 coup originated.