Mali Govt resigns

Mali’s government has resigned and town planning minister Moussa Mara will become prime minister, a presidential spokesman said on state television on 5th April, 2014.

Outgoing prime minister Oumar Tatam Ly submitted the entire government’s resignation to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on 5th April, 2014 and it was accepted.

His replacement Mara, a political veteran who ran against Keita in Mali’s August Presidential election, will be responsible for appointing new ministers.

No timeframe was given for the appointments.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, known universally by his initials IBK, was elected on a pledge to unite Mali and is seeking to rebuild the country from the ashes of a war against Islamists.