‘Coup within coup’ plunges Mali into a crisis
PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO INTERNATIONAL pressure increased on Mali's military leaders to free the president and prime minister, a day after their arrest deepened a political crisis and threatened to derail a transition to democratic elections. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been detained at a military base outside the capital Bamako since Monday evening. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned what he said was a "coup within a coup" and raised the threat of targeted sanctions. The two men were in charge of a transitional government created after a military takeover in August that ousted President…