Mali’s Former Defense Minister and retired Col. Maj. Bah N’Daw had been appointed as the new transitional president while Col. Assimi Goita, head of the junta that staged the coup, was installed as Mali’s new vice president. The transitional president appointed former minister of foreign affairs, Moctar Ouane, as the nation’s prime minister. The three government heads are to lead the transitional government to an election in 18 months.
To take the conversation further we talk to:
• Dr Manu Lekunze
Lecturer
Politics & International Relations
• Kassoum Coulibaly
Political analyst
