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The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on Mali in line with measures already taken by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

ECOWAS agreed a raft of restrictions against Mali, including the suspension of financial transactions, over the interim authorities' failure to hold democratic elections next month as agreed following a 2020 military coup.

Paul Ejime is an African Affairs Analyst in Abuja. He says the 鈥渉oneymoon period鈥� of the military amongst Malians has waned and that 鈥渟anctions will hurt badly the common folk鈥�that are already long-suffering鈥�. However he believes while there is 鈥渘o room for military rule鈥� this is about global politics鈥�.

(Picture: Colonel Assimi Goita speaks to the press at the Malian Ministry of Defence in Bamako, Mali, on August 19, 2020, after confirming his position as the president of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). Credit: ANNIE RISEMBERG/AFP via Getty Images)