Malian soldiers have arrested the country’s president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse.

Recall that CEOAFRICA had earlier reported that soldiers on early morning of Tuesday rounded up senior government and military officers in Kati town and elsewhere.

There are scenes of thousands of citizens cheering the ouster.

Crowds are jubilating at Independence Square in Bamako, Mali, and other places.

For nearly three months, demonstrations demanding for Keita’s resignation were held.

Dozens lost their lives, a situation that worsened the crisis.

Keita’s removal comes amid the intervention by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Leaders met late July but failed to achieve a truce.

ECOWAS insists it could no order a sitting president to vacate office.

Chairperson of the African Union Commission condemns arrests

The chairperson of the African Union Commission has condemned the arrests of Keita, Cisse and other officials.

Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat also condemned any attempt at "anti-constitutional" change and called on the mutinying soldier’s to respect the state’s institutions.

"I strongly condemn the forced detention of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali, the Prime Minister and other members of the Malian government and call for their immediate liberation," he wrote on Twitter.