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                    Mali's New PM Unveils 34-Member Cabinet

   Mali`s new prime minister, technocrat Oumar Tatam Ly, has named a
   34-member Cabinet that includes a new ministry taksed with promoting
   reconciliation in the country`s war-ravaged north.
   The new department of National Reconciliation and Northern Developement
   aims to heal scars from a 2012 rebellion by an Islamist-led mix of
   rebel groups, including radicals with links to al-Qaida. That uprising,
   which followed a coup in Bamako, was crushed by a French-led military
   intervention early this year.
   In a key move, the prime minister named one-time rebel leader Zahibi
   Ould Sidi Mohamed to head the Foreign Ministry. Four women were named
   to the new government, including Finance Minister Bouare Fily Sissoko
   -- an economist who has worked for the World Bank.
   The U.S. State Department last week announced the resumption of
   development aid to the West African nation. But a statement said
   Washington will continue to evaluate when and how to resume military
   assistance.
   Last week, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was sworn in as president, after
   winning the country`s first election since French intervention.
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