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December 11, 2012

Mali Prime Minister Resigns Following Arrest 
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The prime minister of Mali has resigned following his arrest by soldiers
who backed a military coup earlier this year. Prime Minister Cheick
Modibo Diarra took over an interim government in April after a military
coup the previous month. Diarra has been accused of pursuing a personal
agenda while Mali grapples with a crisis in the north where Islamist
fighters have claimed vast tracts of territory. He had backed the
deployment of a West African intervention force to oust the militants, a
plan opposed by former coup leader Amadou Sanogo, who is believed to
have given the order for Diarra’s arrest.

 

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