BAMAKO: Voting concluded in Mali on Sunday (Jun 18) on a new constitution in the ruling junta's first electoral test, with insecurity and political disagreement preventing voting in some areas. The west African nation has been under military rule since an August 2020 coup but strongman leader Colonel Assim
BAMAKO: Voting concluded in Mali on Sunday on a new constitution in the ruling junta's first electoral test, with insecurity and political disagreement preventing voting in some areas.
"Today is a historic day. This vote will change many things... That's why I voted 'yes', for a new Mali," said civil servant Boulan Barro. The group said that a"terrorist attack" had disrupted voting in Bodio, but did not give further details. Former colonial power France stepped in and helped push back the Islamists, but attacks have continued, and Bamako has since broken its alliance with Paris in favour of Russia.
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