Mali's interim authorities have slightly reduced the proposed length of a transition back to democracy following a 2020 military coup to four years from five years, the chairman of the West African bloc said on Sunday.
Leaders of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States are holding an extraordinary summit in Ghana's capital Accra to discuss a proposal by transitional authorities in Mali to delay elections and a return constitutional rule.
Opening the summit, Akufo-Addo recalled the bloc's resolve to implement additional sanctions if members were not satisfied with election progress. Last November, ittravel bans and asset freezes on members of the transitional authority and their family members. The organisation is under pressure to show it can protect democracy from a backslide to military rule after West and Central Africa saw four coups within 18 months.
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