{"id":34232,"date":"2020-10-06T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=34232"},"modified":"2020-10-06T10:37:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T10:37:58","slug":"mali-interim-president-names-25-member-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=34232","title":{"rendered":"Mali interim president names 25-member government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/bah-ndaou.jpg\" alt=\"After ousting President Keita, Mali set to swear in interim president\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali\u2019s transitional President, Bah Ndaw, has appointed a 25-member government in which senior military personnel have been given several key posts in a move that may force ECOWAS to soon lift the sanctions it imposed on the country after August\u2019s coup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a presidential decree read out on state television on Monday, the ministries of defence, security, territorial administration and national reconciliation are all to be led by colonels in the Malian military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Col Sadio Camara, one of the leaders of the junta, will become the minister of defence, while the spokesman for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ecowas-gives-mali-military-junta-one-week-to-appoint-civilian-leader-to-oversee-transition\/\">military junta<\/a>, Col-Maj Isma\u00ebl Wagu\u00e9, will be in charge of national reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This came about a week after Ndaw named a new civilian prime minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new prime minister appointed by Ndaw is former diplomat, Moctar Ouane who served as Mali\u2019s foreign minister between 2004 and 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world\/africa\">Mali\u2019s permanent<\/a>&nbsp;representative to the UN from 1995 to 2002 and later became a diplomatic adviser to the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali\u2019s transitional President, Bah Ndaw, has appointed a 25-member government in which senior military personnel have been given several key posts in a move that may force ECOWAS to soon lift the sanctions it imposed on the country after August\u2019s coup. 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