Bah Ndaw sworn in as Mali’s transitional president following coup

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Al Jazeera News :
Coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita was also sworn in as the vice president of the transition during a ceremony on Friday held in the capital, Bamako.
The ceremony was attended by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who led a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc to the country.
Ndaw’s appointment was announced earlier this week by Goita.
The interim president will rule for a maximum of 18 months before staging nationwide elections.
Following the August 18 coup, ECOWAS suspended Mali from its decision-making institutions, shut borders and halted financial flows in an attempt to push
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