BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on Mali’s transitional Prime Minister, Choguel Maïga, as well as several members of the junta led by interim President Assimi Goïta, in response to the authorities’ decision to Bamako to postpone the elections scheduled for this month for several years.
The sanctions adopted by the Twenty-Seven include a travel ban and the freezing of the assets of Malian leaders who came to power in favor of two successive coups, in 2020 and 2021.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last month imposed severe economic sanctions on Mali for the same reason, including the closure of the country’s borders.
(Robin Emmott, French version Tangi Salaün, edited by Sophie Louet)
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