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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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Mali military stages 2nd coup

Mali military stages 2nd coup

B PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO MALI's interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita, has announced that he had seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new government. He said elections would be held next year as planned. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday evening, prompting swift condemnation from international powers, some of which called it an "attempted coup". The two men were in charge of a transitional government created after a military coup in…
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