The transitional military government in Mali has suspended the work of political parties in the West African crisis state with immediate effect. The measure was suspended “for reasons of public order … until the reorganization of the entire country,” the military government announced by decree late on Wednesday. Almost two weeks earlier, a coalition of opposition parties and civil society organizations had called for democratic elections and threatened to take legal action. The transitional military government led by Colonel Assimi Goïta, which seized power almost three years ago, had announ…