Malians March Against Referendum

Activists are unsettled by provisions that would enable the president to nominate a quarter of the Senate and remove the prime minister at will.

 

Thousands of Malians have taken to the streets to protest against a planned referendum that would give extra powers to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.

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