Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita today appointed Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga – a former defence and foreign minister and intelligence chief – as the new prime minister, according to a decree read on state television.<br/>'<br/>Boubeye Maiga is expected to form a new government in the coming day after his predecessor Abdoulaye Idrissa Maiga and his entire cabinet resigned yesterday.<br/>'<br/>Idrissa Maiga did not give a reason for his resignation but he is widely expected to either manage President Ibrahim Keita's campaign for next year's election or to run in Keita's place. The new government will be the fifth to serve under President Keita since his election in 2013. <br/>