Mali's ruling junta appoints general as new prime minister
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Major General Abdoulaye Maiga became the new Prime Minister of Mali after the resignation of his predecessor, who criticized the junta. The former prime minister condemned the military's inability to hold democratic elections as promised.
In Mali, where two military coups have taken place since the summer of 2020, a military general has been appointed as the new prime minister. His predecessors, who had criticized the junta's inability to hold democratic elections, were dismissed.
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Mali's President Assimilie Goyta has appointed Major General Abdoulaye Maiga as the country's new Prime Minister. The previous prime minister was ousted for criticizing the military's stay in power.
Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has resigned after criticizing the military government in power, according to a decree issued by the Malian president and broadcast by the state-run ORTM TV channel.
Among other things, former Prime Minister Maiga criticized the junta's failure to hold democratic elections within the promised 24-month transition period. A new government should be formed in the next few days.
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The junta in power has severed relations with France, a former colonial power, expelled French international and UN missions from the country, and turned to Russia and the neighboring military junta in power in Niger and Burkina Faso, all in the context of a serious security and economic crisis.
Mali has been suffering from increasing terrorist attacks by groups loyal to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, and for several months the country has been witnessing another open conflict with independent forces in the north of the country (Azawad), which declared war on the junta after ten years of peace.
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