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Mali

16 million people

610 USD GNI (PPP)

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Mali’s Private Press Hold Media Blackout in Solidarity with Detained Newspaper Editor

Mar 14 2013 - 2:32pm

Private media in Mali have continued for a third straight day their near-total ‘media blackout’ in solidarity with top newspaper editor Boukary Daou, who has been detained since March 6, 2013 for publishing an open letter to Interim President Dioncounda Traoré. Freedom House deplores acts of intimidation against the Malian media and urges the Malian government to release Mr. Daou.

Issues:

Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Freedom House Condemns Military Coup in Mali

Mar 22 2012 - 2:22pm

Freedom House condemns the overthrow of Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure in an army-led coup that has dissolved the country’s democratically elected government and seized control of state media, and joins the African Union and others in calling for a restoration of civilian government under constitutional rule, so that elections, scheduled for next month, may proceed as planned.

Issues:

Democratic Governance, Elections

Regions:

Sub-Saharan Africa

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Freedom in Sub-Saharan Africa 2007

Freedom House released an analysis of democracy in sub-Saharan Africa showing that the region has experienced notable increases in freedom over the past generation, although more setbacks than gains were seen in 2006.

Issues:

Democratic Governance

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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