UN calls for immediate release of Mali president
The UN objective in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, after reports that these were detained by soldiers.
In a tweet (in French), the Minusma objective also known as for "calm" in the impoverished West African nation.
This come after reports that interim President Ndaw and PM and Mr Ouane were driven by soldiers to the Kati military camp close to the capital, Bamako.
This brought up fears of another coup within a year in the country.
Defence Minister Souleymane Doucouré in addition has reportedly been detained.
Late on Monday, Mr Ouane told AFP found in a telephone call that soldiers "came to receive him". The news agency said the line then was cut.
The African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the EU and the US also condemned the arrests, saying Mali's top politicians should be released without the preconditions.
The reported detentions came simply just hours after a federal government reshuffle, which saw two senior army officers who took portion in last year's coup replaced.
Once more Mali is looking unstable just nine months after the army coup that saw President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta removed from business office, the BBC's Africa editor Will Ross reports.
He says that many Malians had welcomed Mr Keita's departure - but there's anger at the dominance of the army in the transitional federal government and the slow tempo of promised reforms.
A good previous coup in 2012 led to militant Islamists exploiting the instability to seize territory in northern Mali.
French troops helped regain territory, but attacks continue.
