Mali talks propose junta rule for three more years
Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, looks on after the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana on September 15, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS
Participants in Mali's national dialogue on Friday recommended extending the military-led transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goita to stand in the eventual election.
The country has been under military rule since a coup in 2020, and tensions have risen over the junta's failure to stick to a promised timeline for the return to constitutional rule.
