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Arrested Malian president, prime minister resign

Mali’s interim Vice President Assimi Goita said they were ousted for violating the transition charter.

• May 26, 2021
Mali President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane
President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane

Mali’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane have tendered their resignation.

Agence France-Presse reported this on Wednesday, citing military and diplomatic sources.

Late on Monday, a source told Sputnik that Malian military arrested the interim president and the prime minister and transported them to an army base near the capital of Bamako.

Mali’s interim Vice President Assimi Goita said they were ousted for violating the transition charter.

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