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Mali’s Colonel Assimi Goita has said a new prime minister will be appointed within days, in his first remarks since seizing power this week. The army officer made the announcement on Friday during a meeting with political and civil-society figures in Bamako, AFP news agency reported, as international pressure rises on the country’s ruling military administration. August putsch Ndaw and …

Interim leaders were detained on Monday hours after two army officers lost posts in a cabinet reshuffle. Mali’s military has released former interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, three days after detaining them and stripping them of their powers. The detention of the pair on Monday took place hours after a cabinet reshuffle in which two army …

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Interim President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane step down days after the military seized power and detained them. Mali’s interim president and prime minister have resigned two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said. Soldiers, led by interim Vice President Assimi Goita, arrested President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane …

Nine months since the military overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Mali is facing yet another political crisis. Malian army officers angry with a government reshuffle have detained President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, who were appointed in September under international pressure with the task of steering the country back to full civilian rule in the wake of …

UN, AU condemn Bah Ndaw and Moctar Ouane’s detention and call for their ‘immediate and unconditional release’. In a joint statement, the UN and AU called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Mali’s civilian leadership and said “the international community rejects in advance any act of coercion, including forced resignations”. ‘Kidnapping’ The joint statement called Ndaw and Ouane’s detentions …

Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigns but is immediately reappointed to carry out a cabinet reshuffle. Mali’s interim government is set to form a new “broad-based” cabinet amid growing criticism of the army-dominated authorities in the Sahel state. Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned on Friday but was immediately reappointed to carry out the reshuffle, transitional president Bah Ndaw said. “He must …

The choice of a civilian opens the way for Mali’s neighbours to lift sanctions imposed after a military coup in August. Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw has named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as prime minister. A civilian premier was the precondition for the Economic Community of West African States to lift sanctions it imposed two days after the …

Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali’s transitional president following coup

Veteran soldier tasked with leading country to elections within 18 months; coup leader Assimi Goita to serve as vice president. Retired colonel and former defence minister Bah Ndaw has been sworn in as Mali’s interim president, more than a month after a military coup overthrew embattled leader Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Described by former colleagues as “principled”, Ndaw said in a …