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Mali dissolves all political parties after opposition figures ‘arrested’

Colonel Assimi Goita, the leader of Mali, who seized power in 2020 and 2021 [File: Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]

Mali’s military government has dissolved all political parties after accusations from rights groups that opposition figures have been arrested.

Assimi Goita, who seized power in two army coups in 2020 and 2021, validated the decision after it was broadcast to Malians in a televised statement on Tuesday.

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