When the new cabinet was finally announced two colonels Sadio Camara and Modibo Koné who were among the original putschists and had held the key posts of Defence and Security respectively were conspicuous by their absences...
There are to be 25 ministers of whom four will be from the military: Col Sadio Camara Minister of Defence; Lt-Col Abdoulaye Maïga Territorial Administration and Decentralisation; Col-Major Ismaël Wagué (the junta spokesman) as Minister for National Reconciliation; and Col Modibo Koné for Security and Civil Protection...
They are: Colonels Assimi Goïta and Malick Diaw respectively leader and deputy-leader of the committee; Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué a fighter pilot and second-in-command of the air force; and Cols Modibo Koné and Sadio Camara...
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Spokesman Colonel-Major Ismaël Wagué led proceedings flanked by four more colonels: junta leader Assimi Goïta Malick Diaw Modibo Koné and Sadio Camara...
Modibo Koné and Sadio Camara...