The brief executive order came down Monday evening, read quickly on national television.
The ruling junta in Bamako is giving itself two more years, starting last March, to complete the transition.
The future elections will therefore be officially held in March 2024.
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The announcement surprised less by its content than by its timing.
The military, at the head of Mali since the August 2020 coup, had already said their intention to set a deadline of 24 months.
On the other hand, it comes two days after a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Accra, precisely convened to decide on future relations with Mali, and to a lesser extent with Burkina. Faso and Guinea, also led by putschist officers.
ECOWAS demanded from Bamako a transition of a maximum of sixteen months to lift the heavy sanctions that hit the country.
The latter had been imposed in January after the junta demanded to remain in power for five years of…
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