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Reeling From a Coup, Mali Sets Date For Elections Next Year

  • Parliamentary elections will be held on the same date
  • A military junta overthrew former President Keita on Aug. 18
People celebrate at the start of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms for a transitional government in Bamako on Sept. 5, 2020.

People celebrate at the start of two days of talks aimed at validating the terms for a transitional government in Bamako on Sept. 5, 2020.

Photographer: Michele Cattani/AFP/Getty Images

Mali’s interim government has fixed a date for general elections which will mark a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year.

The West African nation will hold a presidential and parliamentary vote on February 27, Minister for Territorial Administration Abdoulaye Maiga told journalists in the capital, Bamako, Thursday.