{"id":13692,"date":"2014-04-06T06:23:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T06:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/mali-s-prime-minister-oumar-tatam-ly-pictured\/"},"modified":"2014-04-06T06:23:03","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T06:23:03","slug":"mali-s-prime-minister-oumar-tatam-ly-pictured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/mali-s-prime-minister-oumar-tatam-ly-pictured\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali\u2019s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly (pictured)"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Mali\u2019s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly (pictured) submitted his government\u2019s resignation on Saturday and will be replaced by the country\u2019s town planning minister, Moussa Mara, a presidential spokesperson announced on state television.}}<\/p>\n

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has accepted his government\u2019s resignation, the spokesperson said without giving any further details.<\/p>\n

Ly was appointed prime minister by Keita just six months ago. His replacement, Mara, a political veteran who ran against Keita in Mali\u2019s August presidential election, will now be tasked with forming a new government.<\/p>\n

No timeframe has been given for when the new government will be announced.<\/p>\n

Keita, known universally by his initials IBK, was elected president on the promise to unite Mali and rebuild the country after nearly two years of crisis.<\/p>\n

Mali was thrown into turmoil in January 2012 following a Tuareg rebellion. Shortly afterward, the military overthrew then-president Amadou Toumani Tour\u00e9 in a coup. <\/p>\n

Taking advantage of the chaos, Tuareg rebels allied with Islamist militants seized control of the northern half of the country. <\/p>\n

The Islamists later broke their uneasy alliance with the Tuareg, driving them at of key cities. France then intervened by launching a military operation in the country to help it retake control of the north.<\/p>\n

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{Mali\u2019s Prime Minister Oumar Tatam Ly (pictured) resigned on Saturday } <\/p>\n

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