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17.04.2012 Mali

Astrophysicist Diarra named Mali's interim PM

By AFP
Cheick Modibo Diarra has been named Mali's new prime minister.  By Maximilien Lamy AFPFileCheick Modibo Diarra has been named Mali's new prime minister. By Maximilien Lamy (AFP/File)
17.04.2012 LISTEN

BAMAKO (AFP) - Astrophysicist-turned-politician Cheick Modibo Diarra was named interim prime minister of Mali on Tuesday, according to a decree read out over public media.

"Interim president Dioncounda Traore names Cheick Modibo Diarra in the functions of prime minister," read the decree nearly a month after the government of the impoverished Saharan state was overthrown in a coup.

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