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‘Coup within coup’ plunges Mali into a crisis

‘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…
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