Leader Colonel Assimi Goita vows to return Mali to civilian rule in 2024, as Malians head to the polls to vote on a new constitution drawn up by his governing junta
Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita was among the first to cast his ballot, while voters flocked to polling stations in the capital, Bamako,. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Some 8.4 million citizens are eligible to vote in Sunday's referendum on the new text in the first electoral test for leader Colonel Assimi Goita, 40, who has vowed to return the country to civilian rule in 2024. "Today is a historic day. This vote will change many things... That's why I voted 'yes', for a new Mali," said civil servant Boulan Barro.
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