In Mali, the government announces the return of Choguel Maiga to the post of Prime Minister

Chogel Kokala Maiga returns to the post of Prime Minister of Mali Now it’s official. “After nearly four months of medical rest, the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chuguel Kokala Maiga, resumes service today.”The financial government announced via its Facebook account, Monday, November 5.

Appointed Prime Minister in June 2021, this civil and political veteran was forced to retire in August 2022 after suffering a stroke at the age of 64. His return has been the subject of speculation several days ago. he used to have significantly On 25 November he was received by Colonel Asemi Guta, leader of the ruling junta, who said he was fit to resume his position.

But the latter picked up steam on Sunday night after that Mr. Guetta rescinded the decree of 21 August appointing Colonel Abdullah Maiga as interim Prime Minister. Indeed, Choguel Kokalla Maïga finds its post automatically.

The accounts behind this return as well as its implications are murky, and the junta’s internal dynamics are shrouded in the utmost secrecy.

Timer without interruption or reversal of the track

Thus Colonel Abdullahi Maiga, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization and spokesperson for the government, ensured the four-month transitional period. But it did not represent any major break or change in the course followed by the military council that came to power by way of the first coup in August 2020, and consolidated again in May 2021 by the military, anywhere other than the seat of government.

The decree read on Sunday evening appoints Colonel Abdullahi Maiga as Minister of State, who remains responsible for regional administration and decentralization. He is also required to secure the position of interim Prime Minister in the event of his absence, disability or vacancy.

At the head of the government for three and a half months, Colonel Maiga followed in the footsteps of his namesake. The two men are the faces of the division that occurred after May 2021 with the former allies, France and its partners, and the faces of the military and political reorientation towards Russia.

Since 2012, Mali has been plagued by widespread jihadism and a deep multidimensional crisis: political, economic and humanitarian.