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Mali junta launches 'consultation' amid pressure over handover

Supporters of the junta, which calls itself the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People), walk past a banner depicting its leader Assimi Goita in a rally in Bamako on Wednesday. [AFP]

Mali's military junta on Thursday launches a three-day "national consultation" with political parties, unions and NGOs, facing questions at home and pressure from abroad over its plans for returning the country to civilian rule.

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