Mali’s Return to Democracy Suffers New Blow

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image People protesting the junta's decision to ban political parties at the Palais de la Culture in Bamako, Mali, April 29, 2025. © 2025 Private In yet another blow to democracy in Mali, the country’s Council of Ministers on April 30, 2025, effectively banned all political parties. The previous day, a national conference organized by Mali’s military junta had recommended that Gen. Assimi Goïta remain as president until 2030 and that all political parties be dissolved.Goïta, who took power in a 2021 coup, has repeatedly promised to hold elections but constantly…

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