FOR THE FIRST TIME I DONT ACCEPT THESE KIND OF STATEMENT AT ALL .....KENYANS ARE OUR NEIGHBOUR,FRIEND(bUT..doubtful!!) THEY ARE CLOSE TIES, WE SHARE COMMON TADITIONS, WE ARE ALL EAST AFRICANS,. NO NEED THERE FORE TO CONDEMN EACH OTHER. THIS IS BECAUSE WE DEPEND ONE ANOTHER!!! NO ONE KNOWS WHAT OTHER COUNTRY ARMUNITIONS ARE!! SO KEEP SILENCE MY FRIENDS!!! THE END OF QUOTE!!!!!!!!:spider::boink::flame:
.....Tanzania haina loloote lakujisifia.
Hii tabia ya NEC kupindisha demokrasia Tanzania, sasa waangalia Mali, wananchi wapindua raisi
Source: BBC
Renegade soldiers in Mali have looted the presidential palace in the capital, Bamako, after a coup.
The coup leaders have called for calm and said all borders are closed after announcing that they have seized control of the country on state TV
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A government official told the BBC that President Amadou Toumani Toure is safe and not in the custody of mutineers.
The African Union said the "act of rebellion" was a "significant setback for Mali".
Kenya's Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula and his delegation are stranded in the country, as Bamako's airport is closed, after attending an AU meeting on peace and security.
The West African regional body Ecowas said the mutinous soldiers' behaviour was "reprehensible" and "misguided".
The soldiers said they had led Wednesday's mutiny because the government had not giving them enough arms to tackle a rebellion by ethnic Tuareg in the north of Mali.
They attacked the presidential palace, traded gunfire with soldiers loyal to the government and took over the state radio and TV broadcaster in Bamako and took it off air.
After several hours of footage of traditional Malian music and dancing, a group of soldiers appeared on screen early on Thursday morning, with a caption identifying them as the "Committee for the Re-establishment of Democracy and the Restoration of the State".
The leader of the mutiny was revealed to be Capt Amadou Sanogo, who appeared briefly to announce the imposition of a national curfew, although he did not specifying the time and said the constitution had been suspended.
'Arrests'The BBC's Martin Vogl in the capital says soldiers were seen taking televisions and other goods out of the palace following the coup announcement.
In a second statement, read on state television on Thursday morning, the renegade troops called on soldiers who took part in the mutiny to stop shooting in the air in order to restore calm in Bamako.
They announced that all borders were closed and asked for civil servants to resume activities next week.
A source told the BBC that the foreign minister and a number of other ministers have been arrested by the renegade soldiers.
The government official, who told the BBC the president was safe, did not give any further details about his whereabouts.
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Meanwhile, in the northern town of Gao, renegade soldiers said they had detained loyalist military chiefs in military barracks, according to the AFP news agency.
Our correspondent said an elite force, known as the Red Berets, could still be loyal to President Toure.
He said Mali has had democratic rule for the last 20 years, during which it has come to be seen as a model which other emerging democracies can look to.
The unrest began on Wednesday as the country's defence minister started a tour of military barracks north of the capital.
Soldiers upset with the government's handling of the Tuareg rebellion fired in the air during the inspection, prompting an immediate strengthening of security around the presidential palace.
The Tuaregs have forced the army out of several northern towns in recent months.
A presidential election was due to take place in the country in just under a month.
The government had so far refused to postpone the poll, despite the unrest involving Tuareg-led rebels.
Both the US and France have urged the soldiers and government to resolve their dispute through peaceful means.
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Kenya is going to evacuate its citizens...this thing looks really bad
Mmh, hivi wamesema kwa sababu democrasia inapindishwa au Rais hakuwa serious kushughulikia mgogoro uliokuwepo kati ya mali na waasi pande za kaskazini mwa mali? Sikiliza maelezo ya wanajeshi kwenye hii video. I wish na wanajeshi wetu wangekuwa na uwezo wa kuchukua maamuzi magumu kama haya, ili kuinusuru nchi na hali ngumu inayokabiliana nayo hivi sasa. Nawaza ya kwamba 2015, ni mbali sana, jeshi lipindue nchi halafu liiitishe uchaguzi huru.Ni hivi, Wanajeshi nchini Mali wamepindua serikali.
Sababu ni kuwa demokrasia inapindishwa!!
Wamevunja taasisi zote na kusema kuwa katiba ya sasa haifai.
ndo nikasema hii NEC (tume ya uchaguzi) ya Tanzania italeta maafa tanzania. Si mnaona Kivuitu wakenya??
2010, jaji makame, Kiravu wa NEC Tanzania
Tanzania hakuna demokrasia, Tabia ya kusema ushindi ni lazima maana yake ni nini?
tabia ya kutumia pesa nyingi kama magamba?
I wish na Tanzania tungekuwa na wanajeshi wenye uwezo wa kufanya maamuzi magumu kama haya. Maana nchi inavyokwenda, ni bora tu wanajeshi wangeipora kutoka mikononi mwa Kikwete, na kuitisha uchaguzi huru ili Rais mwingine aingie. Kusubiri hadi 2015, ni mbali sana. Tutafika tumechoka kwa kweli.
Madhara yanategemeana pia na aina ya mapinduzi yanayofanyika. Mapinduzi kama ya hawa jamaa siyo mabaya maana hakuna ghasia zozote kwa wananchi, though wameisuspend constitution, lakini wamekiri kwamba wanashika madaraka kwa muda tu wakati wakiandaa mazingira ya democratic leadership. Ila wakiingia waroho, hiyo ni hasara tupu.Haujui madhara ya kile unachotamani.
Nadhani hivyo ndivyo itakavyokua. Historia ya mapinduzi ya kijeshi Afrika tangu mapinduzi ya kwanza kule Congo 1960 inaonyesha dhahiri kinachofuatia ni uroho wa madaraka na mvutano wa wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Sahau demokrasia chini ya utawala wa kijeshi.Madhara yanategemeana pia na aina ya mapinduzi yanayofanyika. Mapinduzi kama ya hawa jamaa siyo mabaya maana hakuna ghasia zozote kwa wananchi, though wameisuspend constitution, lakini wamekiri kwamba wanashika madaraka kwa muda tu wakati wakiandaa mazingira ya democratic leadership. Ila wakiingia waroho, hiyo ni hasara tupu.
Pengine Lukolo anaonelea hamukufuata mkondo Mw. aliwaachia