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Melissa Chemam with RFI

Mali opposition declares transition government in exile

Interim Malian President, Colonel Assimi Goita, was sworn in on 7 June 2021, in Bamako. © Annie Risemberg, AFP

Malian opposition politicians have formed a transition government in exile to rival the military junta in power since a 2020 coup. This comes after military rulers failed to meet a March deadline to hold elections and hand over power to a civilian government.

"The citizen assembly of the civil transition has today elected the members of the government," read a statement on Saturday, signed by exiled Malian politician Adaman Traore, identified as the body's president.

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