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Charges against Choguel Maiga comes as the military intensifies a crackdown on dissent in the West African country.

Mali's civilian ex-prime minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga, dismissed in November after he criticised the junta, was charged Tuesday with embezzlement of public funds and remanded in custody following a hearing before the country's Supreme Court.

Thousands of demonstrators in Bamako demanded an end to peacekeeping mission they say has failed to bring peace.

Choguel Maiga will resume his role as Mali's transitional prime minister on Monday after more than three months of medical leave, according to a decree read on state television on Sunday.

Mali's transitional Prime Minister Choguel Maiga met interim President Assimi Goita on Friday after over three months of forced medical leave, the presidency said.

Mali has appointed an interim prime minister to act in place of leader Choguel Maiga, who is resting amid media reports he had been hospitalised.

Maiga is suffering from exhaustion after working for 14 months without break, his office says.

Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga has been ordered by his doctor to rest after months of intense exertion, his office said on Saturday, while an adviser denied media reports that he had been hospitalised after suffering a stroke.

In tonight's edition: In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 and its sister station Radio France Internationale (RFI), Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga says that since 2012, French authorities have tried to divide his country by fueling autonomy claims in the north. And African countries weigh in on Russia's decision…