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BIZARRE: Mali postpones february presidential election due to technical issues - What They Never Told You

Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Mali's military government, attends an Economic Community of West African States meeting in Accra, Ghana, on September 15, 2020 [Francis Kokoroko/Reuters]

The Malian military government has announced it will delay a presidential election scheduled for February, which was aimed at returning civilian leaders to power in the conflict-ridden West African nation.

Two rounds of voting – initially set for February 4 and 18 – “will be slightly postponed for technical reasons”, government spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga told reporters on Monday.

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