Published on : 07/06/2022 – 15:50Modified : 07/06/2022 – 15:58
The junta that governs Mali gave itself Monday until March 2024 before returning power to civilians. Colonel Assimi Goïta signed, on Monday June 6, a decree setting the duration of the so-called transition period at two years, the start of which was set for March 26. The head of the junta announced it on state television, two days following a summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which imposed severe measures on Mali on January 9. commercial and financial retaliation to force the junta to present an “acceptable” timetable for the return of civilians to power. All the details from Clément Bonnerot, France 24 correspondent from Kinshasa.