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Mali's ex-defence minister named interim leader
Bah Ndaw served as defence minister under Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Mali's former Defence Minister Bah Ndaw has been appointed interim president while coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita will serve as his deputy, state television has announced.
More than 500 South African school children are quarantined in the Eastern Cape after some pupils test positive for the coronavirus.
Primary and secondary schools in Lagos reopened on Monday after nearly six months of closure due to Covid19
(Photo: Bah Ndaw. Credit: AFP)
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