The Malian Prime Minister was hospitalized in a clinic in Bamako after becoming unwell, one of his advisers and a doctor from the clinic where he was admitted told AFP.
“Prime Minister Choguel Maïga is actually admitted to a private clinic in Bamako. He had a slight discomfort. I can tell you that at this point, it’s fine. He is under medical supervision“, told AFP one of his special advisers who requested anonymity.
“The Prime Minister of Mali was admitted today (Saturday) to our clinic for serious illness. It is 4:20 p.m. (local and GMT) now. I can tell you that he is recovering quite well“, also told AFP a doctor from this health establishment.
“After 14 months of tireless work, the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, was put on forced rest by his doctor.“, Confirmed the Prime Minister on his Facebook page. “He will resume his activities next week Insh’Allah“, she added.
Choguel Kokalla Maïga, 64, several times ministers and three times presidential candidate (2002, 2013 and 2018), was appointed head of government on June 7, 2021 by Colonel Assimi Goïta, after a second military putsch in nine months. .
Since then, he has often gone to the front line to denounce “abandonmentof France in the conflict between Mali and the jihadists, provided unfailing support to the ruling junta and was one of the main players in the relaunch of cooperation with Russia.
Read alsoMali: resumption Monday of the rotations of the contingents of the UN mission
He has been criticized for several months in Mali by many political leaders who are calling for his resignation and by many of his former allies of the June 5 Movement-Rally of Patriotic Forces (M5-RFP), of which he is one of the founders. They accuse him of having abandoned thereal struggle for changeand to ride for his own interests, not those of Mali.