• 2020 Mali: a coup in Africa's hornet's nest

Mali's

military

,

dissatisfied with the reshuffle of the government announced by the transitional authorities, detained the president and the prime minister on Monday in a coup that has shaken the African country, plunged for years in a deep crisis.

President

Bah Ndaw

and Prime Minister

Moctar Ouane

lead a transitional government that was installed after a coup in August to defuse the threat of international sanctions.

However, the coup leaders and military leaders maintained influence over the government, raising doubts about the commitment to hold elections early next year.

Two senior officials who asked not to be identified told AFP that the soldiers took Ndaw and Ouane to

the Kati military camp,

outside the capital

Bamako.

His arrest followed the cabinet reshuffle on Monday afternoon, in response to mounting criticism of the interim government.

In the remodeling, the military

kept the strategic ministries

that they already controlled in the government, but two coup leaders, former Defense Minister

Sadio Camara,

and former Security Minister

Colonel Modibo Kone,

were excluded.

Meanwhile, rumors of a possible coup d'état circulated in the capital, although the city remained calm.

The

Prime Minister Ouane

told AFP in a brief telephone contact before the line went dead, that

the soldiers "came for me."

International concern

The

UN

mission

in Mali (MINUSMA, in which Spain also participates)

asked in a tweet to remain calm and urged the immediate release of Ndaw and Ouane.

"Those who hold them will have to answer for their actions," the UN mission warned.

The international community has shown "its deep concern" about the situation in Mali in a joint statement signed by the

African Union, the UN Mission in Northern Mali (Minusma), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) , the European Union and countries such as France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany.

They condemned that the coup had occurred after the publication of a decree with the composition of the new government formed by Ouané, and demanded

"the immediate and unconditional release"

of those responsible, as well as held the military who have arrested them responsible for their security.

In the statement, the international community reaffirms its support for the transitional authorities, and asks that the transitional process resume its course to meet the agreed deadline of 18 months.

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