There are good reasons for holding elections in Mali as soon as possible. There are many better reasons for postponing them until the end of the year.
A Malian refugee at Mentao camp in Burkina Faso. Photograph by Oxfam International.
"Mali’s upcoming presidential election, now due on 28 July, will be a watershed moment for the crisis-torn country. The goal of the election – to return the country to constitutional order and restore the political process – is something that Mali desperately needs. But the election holds no guarantee of attaining this goal. Indeed, there are compelling reasons to think that a July election will do more harm than good"...
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