Mali’s former defence minister Ba N’Daou has been named president of the country’s new transition government.
Junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita was appointed vice president, state television announced on Monday.
According to a roadmap backed by the junta, the new president is meant to lead the country for several months before staging elections and returning Mali to civilian rule.
Mali’s ruling junta has come under intense pressure from its West African neighbours to return power to civilians following the August 18 coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Last week, West African leaders insisted the interim president be a civilian, while signalling they would accept a soldier as vice president.
N’Daou and Goita were appointed by a group of electors chosen by the junta.
Source: aljazeera.com
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