Mali to form new ‘broad-based’ transitional government

Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigns but is immediately reappointed to carry out a cabinet reshuffle.

Mali’s interim government is set to form a new “broad-based” cabinet amid growing criticism of the army-dominated authorities in the Sahel state. Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned on Friday but was immediately reappointed to carry out the reshuffle, transitional president Bah Ndaw said. “The prime minister has just started consultations,” said an adviser to Ndaw who declined to be named. “He must form a broad-based government.”