Angry protesters ransack building belonging to President Keita's political party in Mali following the killing of 11 people during demonstrations calling for Keita's resignation
Protesters gesture on a barricade put up in front of the Salam mosque of Badalabougou after a prayer dedicated to the victims of latest uprising in Bamako, Mali on July 12, 2020.
as demanded by the opposition movement and was willing to consider re-doing contested legislative elections. The police crackdown now threatens to further escalate the crisis, with one political party already criticising the government for deploying anti-terrorism forces to the streets during the demonstrations.Dissolving Mali's constitutional court had been a top demand for the protesters because the body had released official results from legislative elections this spring that now are being disputed by several dozen candidates.
The president, who was elected in 2013 and won a second term five years later, had promised last week to dissolve the court. All scenarios are still possible in Mali, where the last democratically elected president was overthrown in a military coup in 2012, said Baba Dakono, a researcher and political analyst.
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