MALI: ECOWAS MAY NOT REIMPOSE SANCTIONS IF VOTE ON NEW CONSTITUTION FAILS

   Tue, 09 May 2023

Mali’s military junta hopes to pass a constitutional referendum next month to keep a transition timeline agreed with ECOWAS firmly on track and avoid any further regional and western sanctions. However, political and religious opposition to the draft constitution is building up, apart from obvious insecurity challenges in holding the vote. If the referendum fails, the junta may seek to extend the timeline, which ECOWAS might initially support to maintain the buoyant gold export sector. Meanwhile, Islamist militant groups are fast gaining new territory as European forces withdraw and the UN peacekeeping mission remains under pressure.

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