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Bamako, Mali - Mali started counting votes on Sunday from a constitutional referendum that the ruling military junta and regional powers have said will

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday in a referendum that the countrys coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new

Bamako, Mali - Mali started counting votes on Sunday from a constitutional referendum that the ruling military junta and regional powers have said will

Mali's military rulers accuse the UN of fuelling tensions as jihadist violence continues.

Mali's military rulers accuse the UN of fuelling tensions as jihadist violence continues.

News and Press Release in English on Mali about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 16 Jun 2023 by UN SC

Malians are due to take part in a referendum on Sunday that paves the way for elections and democratic rule in 2024. Repeated postponements and two military coups have stood in the way of the poll since 2017.

Millions of voters are eligible to decide on a draft constitution for Mali in Sunday's referendum. The long-awaited referendum is a milestone in the transition of Mali from three years of military rule to democracy. The Coalition for Citizen Election Observation meanwhile said its observers were not allowed into Gao and Timbuktu.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for maintaining but streamlining a decade-old peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali, whose military leaders have clashed with the West and turned to Russia. - Shattering ties with West - Mali's military rulers have increasingly clashed with the West, imposing operational restrictions on peacekeepers and breaking the country's longstanding alliance with former colonial power France.

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