When putsch comes to shove
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Mali has been at war since 2012. Malians have learned to forge ahead regardless. On Saturday, after co-ordinated attacks on urban centres down the country’s length – from Kidal in the far north to Kita and Bamako, the country’s power seats in the south – revellers still showed up for the Grand Ball of Bamako where Youssou N’Dour was set to perform.
But this time was different, as the people whose ball was cut short by a curfew announcement soon realised. The show has stopped for many others as insurgents keep residents and suppliers stranded outside Bamako with a blockade on most roads in. The show goes on for interim president Assimi Goïta, but he is fighting for his political life.
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