Mali junta chief extends army rule by five years, rules out elections

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• Mali's transitional parliament approved a bill granting General Assimi Goita an unelected presidential mandate.
• The bill allows Goita's mandate to be renewed indefinitely without elections. 9s
• All 131 members of parliament present voted unanimously in favor of the bill. 16s
• Goita has held presidential power since the military ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in 2020. 25s
• The military takeover was justified by dissatisfaction with the previous government's handling of an Islamist insurgency. 34s