Mali Election Organizers Extend Strike Indefinitely Weeks Before Vote

Election workers in Mali extended a strike on Tuesday, a union representative said, casting further doubt on an election this month meant to chart a way out of six years of political unrest and jihadist violence. The government's ability to secure the July 29 vote has been thrown into question by repeated attacks by Islamist militant groups and tit-for-tat violence between rival ethnic groups in the center and north of the vast West African nation. Last week, Islamist militants...

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