Mali Junta Dismisses Government After Criticism of Military Rule

Mali’s military leaders fired Prime Minister Choguel Maiga and his entire government, days after the premier criticized the junta’s failure to implement a transition to civilian rule.

“The president of the republic, having regard to the constitution and the transition charter, has terminated the duties of the prime minister and the members of the government,” Alfousseyni Diawara, secretary-general in the presidency, said in a statement read on state television in the capital, Bamako, on Wednesday.