Mali sets February date for presidential, parliamentary elections
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Date upholds promise of 18-month transition for returning to elected gov’t in wake of August 2020 coup, minister says.
Mali’s transitional government has announced presidential and legislative elections will take place next February, saying it was honouring the timetable it promised to the international community after taking power months after a military coup last year. Lieutenant Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga, the minister of territorial administration, told reporters on Thursday the first round of voting will take place on February 27, 2022. A second round will follow in March. The dates “strictly uphold” promises of an 18-month transition for returning to an elected government, Maiga said.More Related News