Mali has arrested a close friend to an influential imam who is one of the few remaining outspoken critics of the West African country’s ruling junta, an opposition coalition said Saturday. The arrest of Youssouf Daba Diawara, the general coordinator for imam Mahmoud Dicko’s movement, is the latest in a harsh crackdown on dissent by the Sahel country’s military rulers. He was stopped and apprehended by men in a four-by-four who claimed to be policemen on Friday, one of his relatives confirmed to AFP. Diawara is a close ally of imam Dicko, a key player in the mass opposition protests

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