Mali PM vows to quickly form an 'open' government

Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Saturday vowed to rapidly form a government "open to facing the challenges of the day", adding that the death toll of the country's worst civil unrest in years had risen to four.

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People run away at the arrival of the riot police as protesters set barricades to block the circulation on the Martyrs bridge of Bamako on July 11, 2020. - Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on July 11, 2020 vowed to rapidly form a government "open to facing the challenges of the day", adding that four more people had died in the country's worst civil unrest in years. PHOTO: MICHELE CATTANI / AFP

2020-07-11 23:45:47

Malian Prime Minister Boubou Cisse on Saturday vowed to rapidly form a government "open to facing the challenges of the day", adding that the death toll of the country's worst civil unrest in years had risen to four.

"The president and I remain open to dialogue. I will very quickly set up an executive with the intention of being open to facing the challenges of the day," Cisse said while visiting a hospital.

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