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Mali Coup: AU and ECOWAS Condemns Arrest Of Transition President And Prime Minister

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The African Union Commission (AUC) and The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have strongly condemned the arrest of the Malian Transition President, Bah N’Daw, and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane by the Malian Military. In a joint statement issued in Bamako on Tuesday, (AUC) Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, and President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean Claude Brou said: “this act of extreme gravity can in no way be tolerated under the relevant provisions of ECOWAS and the African Union”, and asked the military to return to the barracks.


The two leaders indicated that they are following “with deep concern the evolution of the political situation in Mali”, besides demanding “the immediate and unconditional release of the authorities kept in the barracks.”


They encouraged the Malian parties to toe the spirit of dialogue and responsibility to settle misunderstandings surrounding the establishment of the government.


“In any case, respect for the political consensus which has so far founded the Transition in Mali is the only way to take,” they stated, calling “their international partners for active solidarity with the AU and ECOWAS in support of the success of the Transition in Mali”.


On Monday, after the announcement of the list of the new government team, disgruntled soldiers arrested the President of the Transition and the Prime Minister and took them to the Kati Military Camp, about 15km from the capital, Bamako.


The coup is alleged to have been hatched by Colonels Sadio Camara and Modibo Koné, architects of the August 18 coup against former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, who were left out of the new cabinet that has two generals in the ministries of Defence and Security.

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