Malian soldiers released transitional president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, arrested on Monday and who had "resigned" on Wednesday.

"The Prime Minister and the transitional president were released last night around 1:30 am (local and GMT). We have kept our word," said a military official on condition of anonymity without specifying whether their enlargement was total or subject to conditions. .

Family members have confirmed their release. The two men returned home to Bamako, said their entourage.

A release that took place discreetly during the night from Wednesday to Thursday and which meets one of the requirements of the UN Security Council and Mali's partners.

According to diplomatic sources, the head of the junta, Colonel Assimi Goïta, who officially was until now transitional vice-president, now intends to take the head of the transition and appoint a prime minister.

This seizure of full powers, which the international community had resisted after the putsch led by the same colonels in August 2020 to the detriment of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, would further obscure the horizon of a country in turmoil, yet crucial for the stability of the country. Sahel.

The Community of West African States (ECOWAS), France and the United States have brandished the threat of sanctions.

The soldiers have so far refrained from expressing themselves publicly about their plans.

US aid suspended

Colonel Goïta accused them of having formed a new government without consulting it while he is the vice-president in charge of security issues, a key role in a country in the turmoil of violence of all kinds, including jihadists.

The soldiers had indicated Tuesday that MM. Ndaw and Ouane had resigned, without anyone knowing under what conditions.

Since their arrest on Monday, the president and the transitional prime minister had been detained at the Kati military camp, about fifteen kilometers from Bamako, where President Keïta, re-elected a year earlier, had also been led by the colonels in 2020 and pushed to announce his resignation.

The UN Security Council unanimously condemned the ouster of the president and the prime minister, without however speaking of a coup, or considering coercive measures.

"To impose a change of direction of the transition by force, including by forced resignations, (is) unacceptable", declared the Council.

In a statement released Monday evening, African organizations, Minusma, France, the United States and others were already warning that they would not accept a fait accompli as a forced resignation.

The United States has suspended assistance to Malian security and defense forces, the State Department said, adding that Washington would study "targeted measures against political and military officials who have hampered the civilian transition to democratic governance ".

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we need stuff like this in Nigeria,, make dem carry bullhari for like a week,make we still dey use torch find am

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They are all marlians........

Mali military got some balls........ Not like the puppet military, we have in Nigeria.......

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We really need this method in NIGERIA ASAP

Ok good, that's the power of Allowee

Everything abt that continent Africa na just suffer head....

If Nigeria was morroco

180m citizen would have migrated to Spain and other EU right now

Who help us arrest President Buhari

The west has always been an enemy of Africa... An African president fit kill anyhow, steal anyhow, etc but the west go pretend not to know what's going on.. But once a coup is staged by soldiers within the said African country to kick out the demon that's when you will see them spitting fire, threats and suspending their nonsense aid..

That is the Islamic teaching in them telling them to treat world leaders with respect.

Africans.. recolonization is a necessity

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Lexusgs430:
They are all marlians........

Mali military got some balls........ Not like the puppet military, we have in Nigeria.......

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If I was the Nigerian president this will be the time to flex muscle as a regional super power in west Africa....

I will threaten sanctions and rally to get other countries involved so we can punish d soldiers.

But what does our president know...if it is to do medical tourism now he's a1.

Mali is too small to b doing anyhow in west Africa

...God make dis one jst happn for Nigeria na

shame on nigerian military

These guys got balls
Our kotima military, how far with Bubu na?

*former president and prime minister... U no fit do coup for Nigeria again ... Babangida built a fortress in Abuja

Africa

Some elders do say that the worst of Democracy is better than the best of Military rule.

I don't know how true that is. I never had handful experience of the latter.

E be Many Things

The world government is unstable not only Africa jus that African government are evil personified