Cheick Modibo Diarra

Malian soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra at his home late on Monday, acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo, a member of the premier's entourage told AFP.

Soldiers arrested the head of one of Mali's biggest political parties and officials from the country's ousted government today, deepening questions about whether the military is still in control even as a new civilian prime minister was appointed to the interim government.

Malian soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra at his home late on Monday, acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo, a member of the premier's entourage told AFP.

Soldiers arrested the head of one of Mali's biggest political parties and officials from the country's ousted government today, deepening questions about whether the military is still in control even as a new civilian prime minister was appointed to the interim government.