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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union imposed sanctions on Mali s transitional prime minister and members of interim president Assimi Goita s inner circle, after the military ditched a plan for elections in February, the bloc s official journal said. The travel bans and asset freezes hit five individuals. They include top military commanders who ousted former Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020, the first of two coups. A second coup followed in May 2021. The junta has also deployed Russian private military contractors, which some European countries have said is incompatible with their mission in Mali. Reuters reported the EU s plans for sanctions on Feb. 1. The names were published on Friday, allowing them to take immediate effect. Choguel Maiga was named as prime minister of the transitional government by Goita in June last year, days after the second coup in the West African country. He is accused of failing to abide by an agreement for a new presidential vote se

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