FILE PHOTO: Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of two military coups and new interim president, walks during his inauguration ceremony in Bamako, Mali June 7, 2021. REUTERS/Amadou Keita/File Photo
BAMAKO (Reuters) - West Africa's main regional bloc said on Tuesday it was concerned Mali's transitional government has not made sufficient progress toward organising elections in February, as agreed after a military coup last year.
Mali's transition back to democracy following the August 2020 overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is being closely watched in a region that has experienced four coups since last year, most recently on Sunday in Guinea.
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