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    <text>Malian interim president Assimi Goïta signs a decree dissolving all political parties and organizations and bans them from holding meetings following ongoing pro-democracy protests in the capital city Bamako. </text>
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      <text>A man with a knife lunges at Malian President Assimi Goïta at a mosque in Bamako, perhaps cutting Goïta's arm, and is immediately arrested. </text>
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    <text>A knifeman wounds Malian President Assimi Goïta in the arm at a mosque in Bamako. The perpetrator is arrested, and the attack is described as an assassination attempt. </text>
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    <text>Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta announces dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt to calm unrest that saw four people killed in anti-government protests in the capital Bamako on Friday. </text>
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    <date>2012-12-11</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2012/12/11/the-prime-minister-of-mali-cheick-modibo-diarra-resigns-himself-and-his-government-on-television-after-his-arrest-hours</slug>
    <text>The Prime Minister of Mali Cheick Modibo Diarra resigns himself and his government on television after his arrest hours earlier by leaders of the recent Malian coup d'état. </text>
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    <date>2012-05-21</date>
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    <text>The Acting President of Mali, Dioncounda Traoré, is taken to hospital after an angry encounter with demonstrators who object to a deal for the 70-year-old to remain in office for a year. </text>
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    <text>2012 Malian coup d'état: Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo rejects a decision by the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2012/04/20/former-malian-president-amadou-toumani-toure-arrives-in-senegal-after-being-ousted-in-a-military-coup</slug>
    <text>Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure arrives in Senegal after being ousted in a military coup. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2012/04/17/mali-appoints-cheick-modibo-diarra-microsoft-chairman-for-africa-and-a-former-nasa-astrophysicist-as-its-interim-prime</slug>
    <text>Mali appoints Cheick Modibo Diarra, Microsoft chairman for Africa and a former NASA astrophysicist, as its interim prime minister after a coup d'état. </text>
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    <date>2012-04-3</date>
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    <slug>/feed/2012/04/3/sanctions-on-mali-by-the-economic-community-of-west-african-states-imposed-after-the-recent-coup-d-etat-result-in-shorta</slug>
    <text>Sanctions on Mali by the Economic Community of West African States imposed after the recent coup d'état result in shortages in the country. </text>
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    <date>2012-03-28</date>
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    <text>2012 Malian coup d'état: Coup leaders in Mali unveil a new constitution. </text>
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  <text>Malian interim President Dioncounda Traoré appoints Django Sissoko to be a new Acting Prime Minister, after his predecessor Cheick Modibo Diarra was forced to resign by leaders of the 2012 coup d'état. </text>
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