The Malian Military personnel have arrested Interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane fuelling speculation of a second coup in the country.
Ndaw and Ouane are leading the 18-month transition government that will culminate in an election to elect a new president for Mali.
The duo were driven by soldiers to a military camp near the capital, Bamako, BBC reports.
The reported detentions came just hours after a government reshuffle, which saw two senior army officers who took part in last year’s coup replaced.
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Those replaced were ex-defence minister Sadio Camara and ex-security minister Colonel Modibo Kone.
Nine months ago, President Ibrahim Boubakar was toppled in a coup in Mali, but ECOWAS and other world bodies intervened leading to a transitional government.
Those replaced were ex-defence minister Sadio Camara and ex-security minister Colonel Modibo Kone.
Nine months ago, President Ibrahim Boubakar was toppled in a coup in Mali, but ECOWAS and other world bodies intervened leading to a transitional government.
Briefly reached by phone before the line cut, Prime Minister Ouane told AFP that soldiers “came to get him”.