An opposition activist chant slogans during a prohibited march in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, June. An organizer says many people have been injured in clashes between Mali’s security forces and opposition supporters during a prohibited march ahead of elections. (Baba Ahmed/Associated Press)BAMAKO, Mali — An organizer says 16 people have been injured in clashes between Mali’s security forces and opposition supporters during a prohibited march ahead of elections. Opposition leaders organized Saturday’s march to call for free and transparent elections and for more state television coverage of their activities. The governor of the capital, Bamako, had banned the march under Mali’s state of emergency that was imposed in 2015 after an extremist attack on a local hotel.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2018 14:03 UTC