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Mali junta disallow media coverage of political parties
Mali’s high authority for communication on Thursday issued a statement calling on “all media (radio, television, written press and online) to halt broadcast and publication of the activities of political parties and the activities of a political nature of associations”.
Government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga blamed the suspension of party activities on the “sterile discussions” during an attempt at national dialogue earlier this year.
“Subversive acts by political parties are multiplying,” according to a decree read out to reporters by Maiga.
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Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.