### [2012-12-12](/feed/2012/12/12/index.md)

##### Mali
# Malian interim President Dioncounda Traoré appoints Django Sissoko to be a new Acting Prime Minister, after his predecessor Cheick Modibo Diarra was forced to resign by leaders of the 2012 coup d'état. 




### Sources:

1. [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20687562)

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