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Last Updated: Mali Military Releases PM, President As Coup Leader Wrests Back Political Control Mali President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned after being held forcibly at Kati military headquarters along with other political leaders. IMAGE: AP Detained for almost over a week with coercion, Mali’s transitional President and Prime Minister on May 26 were both released by the Military members after they turned in a formal resignation. Stripped of their political powers in the African nation’s second coup in nine months, President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were held forcibly at Kati military headquarters along with other political leaders on commands of Col. Assimi Goita of the military forces who regained control of the West African nation in an unprecedented move. According to African press reports, both the leaders were taken into custody following the announcement of Cabinet reshuffle, which the military Chief said was done “with

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