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President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita fired Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly after suspected Islamist militants briefly seized the village of Boni. (Photo: Reuters)
Bamako: Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has fired Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly after suspected Islamist militants briefly seized the village of Boni in the centre of the country on Friday, state television said late on Saturday.
Coulibaly is being replaced by Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga, a former minister for territorial administration, who was also the president's campaign director at the 2013 election.
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