Mali President Names Ex-Finance Minister to Lead New Government
- Boubou Cisse appointed to succeed former Prime Minister Maiga
- Maiga resigned April 19 after criticism over rising militancy
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Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named ex-Finance Minister Boubou Cisse as the new prime minister after the former head of government resigned over his failure to curb a surge in militant attacks.
The announcement to appoint the 44-year-old Cisse, who has served as the finance and economy minister since 2016, was read Monday on state-television Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali. Cisse previously worked as an economist at The World Bank Group and later as the Washington-based lender’s country representative in Niger and Nigeria.