Mali’s Blocked Transition: Five Years of Deepening Authoritarianism By Inés M. Pousadela Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 3 2025 (IPS) - When Mali’s former Prime Minister Moussa Mara stood trial in Bamako’s cybercrime court on 29 September, charged with undermining state authority for expressing solidarity with political prisoners on social media, his prosecution represented far more than one person’s fate. It epitomised how thoroughly the military junta has dismantled Mali’s democratic foundations, five years after seizing power with promises of swift reform. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/malis-blocked-transition-five-years-of-deepening-authoritarianism/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Climate_Finance_Will_Be_the_First_Casualty_of_Rising_Militarism_Nuclear_Testing_Threats_are_Returnin Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.