Friday, April 6, 2012

Mali junta says will hand power to civilian leader

Mali's two-week-old military government has agreed to hand over power to the West African nation's parliament speaker as part of a transition to civilian rule, a joint statement by the junta and regional mediators declared on Friday
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The statement, signed by coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo and three mediators, said parliament speaker Diouncounda Traore would be sworn in as interim president with a mission to organise elections in 40 days.