The East African
Thursday May 27 2021
Mali transition President Bah Ndaw (centre) during his inauguration ceremony on September 25, 2020. Mr Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have resigned after the military arrested them on May 24, 2021. PHOTO | AFP
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The military leadership in Mali has said that detained President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have resigned, completing a second military takeover within nine months in the West African country.
A spokesman for coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita said Wednesday that the two leaders tendered their resignation on the same day, two days after they were taken into custody.
Mr Ndaw and Mr Ouane were detained on Monday after angering the military leadership with the composition of a new government following a cabinet reshuffle. The newly appointed government was effectively dissolved by the resignation of the president and PM, according to local media reports.
2021-05-27 11:55:14 GMT2021-05-27 19:55:14(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BAMAKO, May 27 (Xinhua) Mali s transitional President Bah N Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, who resigned on Wednesday, regained their freedom early Thursday morning, security sources told Xinhua. Prime Minister Moctar Ouane returned home last night. According to the members of the cabinet who visited him this Thursday morning, he is doing well and he is in good spirits, an official from the Prime minister office, who requested anonymity, told Xinhua. The official did not reveal the whereabouts of N Daw.
Mali s transitional President Bah N Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were reportedly taken by force on Monday to the Kati military camp following the transitional president s announcement of his appointment of members of the government on the proposal of the prime minister.