Mali\u2019s military junta has lifted a suspension on political party activities meant to safeguard public order, the council of ministers said late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\u00a0suspension\u00a0was announced in April, days before the start of a national dialogue for peace in the Sahelian nation that has been battling a\u00a0jihadist insurgency\u00a0for over a decade and has been under military rule since August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy taking this deterrent measure, the government was able to contain all the threats of public disorder that hung over this major event,\u201d the council said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Given the focus was now on implementing the recommendations of the April 13-May 10 peace dialogue, the government will allow political parties to resume their activities, it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mali\u2019s junta, which seized power in a second\u00a0coup\u00a0in 2021, reneged on a promise to hold elections in February,\u00a0postponing the vote indefinitely\u00a0for technical reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Political parties and civil society groups at the time reacted with anger to the junta\u2019s decision not to hold the vote and called for a return to constitutional order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There have been\u00a0eight coups\u00a0in West and Central Africa since one in August 2020 in Mali, including neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, which are fighting the same jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Mali\u2019s military junta has lifted a suspension on political party activities meant to safeguard public order, the council of ministers said late on Wednesday. The\u00a0suspension\u00a0was announced in April, days before the start of a national dialogue for peace in the Sahelian nation that has been battling a\u00a0jihadist insurgency\u00a0for over a decade and has been under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16,15],"tags":[7,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-39271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"category-politics","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics"},"yoast_head":"\n