Mali PM arrested trying to leave country: military spokesman BAMAKO (Reuters) - Security forces in Mali arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra late on Monday as he tried to leave the country for France, a spokesman for the military said. "He wanted to leave the country having incited trouble," said Bakary Mariko, a spokesman for the group of soldiers who seized power in a March coup. It remains powerful despite officially handing power back to civilians earlier this year. The arrest was confirmed by a diplomat in Mali. Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo and David Lewis; Editing by Xavier Briand; Writing by David Lewis