Mali crisis deepens as PM quits under pressure

December 12, 2012 03:10

Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra quit today under pressure from influential former putschists, a move slammed by the international community that urged the swift formation of a new government.

The UN Security Council condemned the arrest of Diarra by soldiers on orders from former coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo, which was followed several hours later by his resignation in what one analyst dubbed a "quasi-coup".

The council joined calls from France and the European Union for the military to stop meddling in political affairs, and threatened targeted sanctions against those preventing the "restoration of constitutional order."

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