Mali military appoints General Abdoulaye Maiga as new PM
The former Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga was sacked a day following his criticism of the military leaders.
Abdoulaye Maiga addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York. Photo / Reuters
Mali's junta on Thursday named military officer General Abdoulaye Maiga as the new prime minister, after sacking civilian premier Choguel Kokalla Maiga a day earlier following his criticism of the military leaders.
"Major General Abdoulaye Maiga is appointed prime minister," said a decree issued by junta chief General Assimi Goita and read out by the secretary general of the presidency on state television station ORTM.
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