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UPDATE 2-Military detain Mali s president, prime minister and defense minister
Reuters
2 hrs ago
Mali s leaders taken to military base outside capital
Move comes months after August ouster of last president
Military likely reacting to government reshuffle (Adds quotes from soldier and experts, and background)
By Paul Lorgerie and David Lewis
BAMAKO, May 24 (Reuters) - Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defense minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters.
President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defense minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a military base in Kati outside the capital Bamako, hours after two members of the military lost their positions in a government reshuffle, the diplomatic and government sources said. ....

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