Mali's President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have been detained by soldiers. The local United Nations mission has called for calm and for the immediate release of the two men, currently…
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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 22, 2020 Colonel Assimi Goita (C), President of CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of People) addresses to the press during the ceremony of the 60th anniversary of Mali’s independence in Bamako, one day after announcing that the transitional presidency would be assigned to a retired colonel, Bah Ndaw, 70 years, ephemeral Minister of Defence in 2014. – Malian officers upset with a government reshuffle have detained the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the capital, triggering broad international condemnation and demands for their immediate release. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane lead an interim government that was installed under the threat of regional sanctions following a putsch in August, and the detentions on May 24, 2021 raised fears of a second coup. Briefly reached by phone before the line cut, Prime Minister Ouane told AFP that soldiers affiliated with
President Bah Ndaw and
Prime Minister Moctar Ouane in the Wet African nation s newest political crisis.
Their arrest by the military came just hours after what now appears to be an unwelcome government reshuffle in response to growing criticism.
Hamidou Digoyé a local resident is frustrated. We are fed up with these constant arrests by the military. They attack people, either to kill them or to arrest them and we never know why.
Another Bamako resident Mamadou Coulibaly seems to be more in favour with the recent events. I am not against these arrests because we support the military. It is up to the people to let them do their job.
Mali in turmoil after army detains president, prime minister
Army officers upset with a government reshuffle detained President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and took them to the Kati military camp 15 kilometres outside the capital Bamako.
Tuesday 25/05/2021
Malian police takes position in Bamako as crowd protests the arrest of President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane by military personnel in Bamako, May 25, 2021. (AP)
BAMAKO, MALI - Mali was in turmoil Tuesday after disgruntled army officers detained the president and the prime minister, sparking fears of a coup less than a year after the last military takeover in the impoverished west African nation.
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