transitional government in the meantime as after soldiers stage a coup to oust president abraham boubacar keitato step down on tuesday all his former colonial power and key ally france has condemned the coup but it's been reports purses track record in the region and quelling violence and unrest is open to scrutiny. forced to step down the president of mali has been detained by the military after months of protest. but. the former leader has been accused of mismanaging the economy corruption and worsening the situation when it came to the fight with jihad just groups in the north however he did enjoy the backing of france somalis former colonizer and french troops have been in mali since 2013 to keep terrorists at bay the results in the country have been rather modest the security situation in mali has recently deteriorated. the security situation in the settled countries has deteriorated considerably in recent months conflicts prevailing in the region are have an unprecedented humanitarian consequences on civilian populations face an insecurity and displacement. french president in my new i'm