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Mali restores ousted defence minister

Mali restores ousted defence minister

MALI's transitional government announced on Friday it had restored Colonel Sadio Camara as defence minister after his removal from office was one of the factors that led to a coup that toppled President Bah Ndaw last month. Camara was one of the leaders of an earlier coup in August last year that ousted then-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Military officers detained Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane on May 24, hours after they announced a new government that excluded Camara and another colonel involved in the Aug. 2020 coup, Modibo Kone, who had been in charge of security. The appointment of…
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France-Mali military operations suspended

France-Mali military operations suspended

TANGI SALAUN FRANCE is suspending its joint military operations with local troops in Mali as part of efforts to pressure the military junta there to restore a civilian-led government. Mali's military arrested interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane last week and pressured them to resign, derailing a transition to democratic elections after another military coup last August. Former vice president Assimi Goita, a colonel who led the August coup and last week's revolt, was declared president on Friday. West African regional bloc ECOWAS and the African Union have suspended Mali from their organisations and threatened sanctions. [nL2N2NJ38M}…
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ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

ECOWAS suspends Mali over coup

PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO WEST African regional bloc ECOWAS has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's coup and said authorities must stick to a timetable for a return to democracy, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions. Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States held an emergency summit in Ghana's capital Accra to agree on a response to the Malian military's ouster of a president and prime minister for the second time in nine months. Mali's neighbours and international powers fear the latest revolt will jeopardise a commitment to hold a presidential election next…
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Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning

Mali president and prime minister freed by military after resigning

PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO MALI’S ousted interim president and prime minister have been freed after they were detained by the military and resigned, an aide to the vice president has announced. Interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday, triggering a crisis in the West African country. International powers including the United States and military ally France, worried about worsening security in Mali and its neighbours, have condemned the arrests and threatened sanctions. The two men resigned from their posts while in detention on Wednesday.…
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Mali’s president and prime minister resign

Mali’s president and prime minister resign

TIEMOKO DIALLO and PAUL LORGERIE 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, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two officers lost their posts. The intervention led by Vice President Assimi Goita has jeopardised Mali's transition back to democracy after a coup in August overthrew former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. It has…
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Mali PM forms new govt

Mali PM forms new govt

MALI Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned and was reinstated yesterday in a formality required before forming a new government, the office of transitional president Bah Ndaw said. Ouane was named interim prime minister in September after the overthrow of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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Mali coup figure named head of transition council

Mali coup figure named head of transition council

ONE of the army officers behind an August coup in Mali has been named to lead a new transitional legislative body, a spokesman for the authorities said. The appointment boosts the number of military figures in key roles, something that has dismayed some political factions. After the ouster of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on August 18, hopes of a civilian-led transition were dashed by the appointment of the junta's leader as vice president, while retired colonel Bah Ndaw became president. At its inaugural meeting, a transitional council of 121 members has now approved as its president Colonel Malick Diaw, one…
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Mali announces new government following August coup

Mali announces new government following August coup

MALI has announced a new government, with some of the top posts going to military officials following a coup on August 18 that deposed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The ministries of defence, territorial administration, security and national reconciliation will be headed by military personnel, as Mali begins an 18-month transition back to civilian rule, the presidency said in an announcement read out on state television. Civilians will hold 21 other posts. It is not rare for military personnel to hold government posts in Mali, and they did so also under Keita, but the issue has become more sensitive since the coup…
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U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

U.S. welcomes transitional government in Mali

DIANE BARTS THE United States said on Saturday that it welcomed the establishment of a transitional government in Mali as "an initial step towards a return to constitutional order." Moctar Ouane In late September, President Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel appointed president of the transition, named veteran diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister. The men will be tasked with overseeing an 18-month transition back to civilian rule after the August 18 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. "We urge the transitional government to honor its commitments to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), including holding democratic elections…
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Nigeria says Mali transition govt yet to satisfy regional demands

Nigeria says Mali transition govt yet to satisfy regional demands

WEST African states are not ready to lift sanctions on Mali because the leaders of an August 18 coup have not yet satisfied all the demands for a handover of power to a fully civilian government, according to Nigeria's president. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it would lift sanctions, which have caused imports to the landlocked country to slump 30%, once a civilian prime minister was named, as was the case on Sunday, among other demands. President Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel appointed president of the transition, named veteran diplomat Moctar Ouane as interim prime minister. But…
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