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NGOs warn new sanctions risk plunging people of Mali into deeper humanitarian crisis
Mali coup leader Colonel Assimi Goita meets with a high-level delegation from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, at the Ministry of Defense in Bamako, Mali, August 22, 2020

NEW sanctions risk plunging the people of Mali further into a humanitarian crisis, a group of 13 NGOs warned today as they called for life-saving aid to reach people in need.

In a statement, the organisations, including the Norwegian Refugee Council, called for the international community to protect the people of the African nation following last week’s announcement of new sanctions on Mali.

“Malians are already bearing the brunt of the humanitarian catastrophe, punctuated by horrifying attacks against civilians. 

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