Former Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga arrested for criticizing military junta, amid ongoing political turmoil.

BAMAKO, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Former Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been taken into custody as part of an ongoing financial investigation, judicial sources said Tuesday.

Former Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been taken into custody amid an ongoing financial investigation, ...

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga is under arrest – the latest top politician to be detained by the West African country’s military junta. Maiga was dismissed from his post in ...

His detention is part of a probe into alleged embezzlement linked to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Universal Access Fund (AGEFAU), based on findings from the Office of the Auditor General.

Mali’s ruling military junta has escalated its clampdown on political figures, arresting former prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga on corruption allegations, his lawyer confirmed Tuesday. The move ...

Former Malian prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has been taken into custody amid a corruption probe, according to his ...

Mali's military junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita fired Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga and his government on Wednesday. A few days previously, Maiga, who was appointed by the military in ...

“After 14 months of working without a break, the prime minister, head of government, Choguel Kokalla Maiga was placed on forced rest by his doctor,” his office said on its Facebook page on ...

Mali Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga accused France at the United Nations of abandoning the West African country to the unfinished job of fighting a deadly Islamist insurgency. “The armed ...

63-year old Choguel Kokalla Maïga, who was appointed Mali’s prime minister on 7 June, has undoubtedly won the biggest battle of his political career. Often described as intransigent, even divisive ...