The Malian president and transitional prime minister resigned after their arrest by the military on Monday in what amounts to a second coup in nine months, said a staff member of the government strongman and a member of the government. 'an international mission.
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President Bah Ndaw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane "
have resigned before the arbitrator
", the international mediation mission currently in Mali, said Baba Cissé, special adviser to Colonel Assimi Goïta.
"
Negotiations are underway for their release and the formation of a new government,
" he added.
A member of the international delegation confirmed on condition of anonymity to another AFP correspondent that the transitional president had resigned.
This delegation went to the Kati military camp on Wednesday morning, about fifteen kilometers from Bamako, to meet the two leaders who have been held there since their arrest.
Colonel Goïta said on Tuesday that he dismissed the two men by accusing them of having formed a new government without consulting him while he is the vice-president in charge of security issues, a key role in a country gripped by the turmoil of jihadist spread and violence of all kinds.
