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April 19, 2019

Mali's Government Resigns as Protesters Condemn Ethnic Violence
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Mali's prime minister resigned Thursday along with his entire Cabinet,
as public protests mounted over the government's inability to stem
ethnic violence. Last month, armed men killed 160 people from a Fulani
community, as rights groups warned of mounting militia killings of
civilians in central and northern Mali. The killings sparked mass
demonstrations by thousands of protesters in Bamako earlier this month,
demanding the government step down, as well as the departure of foreign
forces from Mali.


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