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Mali Court Validates New Constitution

Mali's Constitutional Court has validated the final results of the referendum on the country's draft constitution: 96.91% in favour and 3.09% against. It said the turnout of the 18 June poll was 38 percent.

Ninety-seven per cent of those who cast their ballots approved the new constitution, according to Mali's electoral authority, Deutsche Welle reports. On Sunday June 18, 2023, Malians voted in a referendum on a new constitution that would expand the role of the president and the military. The West African nation is ruled by military officers, who seized power in a 2020 coup, followed by another coup nine months later that removed the interim civilian government at the time.

"Mali's trajectory provides observers with little reason for optimism," writes Michelle Gavin from the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, adding that the continuing crisis in Mali is exacerbating a "rising tide of violent extremism" and undermining chances "to consolidate peace, development, and democracy" across the entire Sahel region.

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Election officials in Mali prepare materials for elections (file photo)

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