{"id":38354,"date":"2021-05-26T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=38354"},"modified":"2021-05-26T15:48:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T14:48:40","slug":"breaking-mali-president-prime-minister-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/breaking-mali-president-prime-minister-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mali president, prime minister resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mali\u2019s interim president and prime minister resigned as part of mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide said.<\/p>\n<p>President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, tasked with steering the return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/01\/photos-malian-troops-arrest-currency-counterfeiting-kingpin-seize-5-3bn-fake-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">civilian rule<\/a> after a coup last August, had been held since Monday and resigned \u201cbefore the mediator\u201d, said Baba Cisse, special advisor to junta boss Assimi Goita.<\/p>\n<p>Cisse said negotiations were under way for their release and the formation of a new government in the poor Sahel country.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediation mission confirmed the president\u2019s resignation to AFP, requesting anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The team travelled early Wednesday to the Kati military camp around 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the capital Bamako to visit the two detainees.<\/p>\n<p>Ndaw and Ouane had been heading the interim government with the declared aim of restoring full civilian rule within 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>Goita, who holds the rank of vice president in the transitional government, accused Ndaw and Ouane of failing to consult him on a reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p>The UN Security Council was set to hold an emergency meeting later Wednesday at the request of former colonial power France and others.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the United Nations, African Union, ECOWAS, the EU and the United States issued a rare joint statement, attacking the detention and demanding the release of Ndaw and Ouane.<\/p>\n<p>Young military officers ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita last August after weeks of demonstrations over perceived government corruption and his handling of the jihadist insurgency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali\u2019s interim president and prime minister resigned as part of mediation efforts Wednesday after being arrested in an apparent second military coup in nine months, a top junta aide said. 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