 In other parts of Africa, military officers in Mali has detained the president, the prime minister and the defense minister of the interim government, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president. Military officers in Mali detained the interim president, prime minister and defense minister on Monday. That's what multiple sources told Reuters, just months after the country's former leader was ousted in a coup. Sources said President Baan Daa, Prime Minister Muqtaraoan and Defense Minister Suleiman Dukour were all taken to a military base in Qatih outside the capital, Bamako. That came just hours after two members of the military lost their positions in a government reshuffle. The military's ultimate goal was not immediately clear, when official in Qatih said this was not an arrest. Other detentions could exacerbate instability in the West African country, where violent Islamist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State controlled large areas in the desert north. The United Nations mission in Mali called for the group's immediate and unconditional release and said those who hold the leaders would have to answer for their actions. The region's top decision-making body, Eko Was, said a delegation will visit Bamako on Tuesday to help resolve the, quote, attempted coup. Qatih's military base is notorious for ousting Mali's leaders. Last August, the military took President Ibrahim Bubakar-Qaeda to the town of Qatih and forced him to resign.