MALI’s military authorities have announced 18 June as the new date for a referendum on a draft constitution.
Security forces will vote a week earlier, government spokesman Col Abdoulaye Maïgasaid said in a decree on state television on Friday.
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The junta had set the referendum on constitutional changes for 19 March, before it was postponed.
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A new constitution is one of the key steps put in place before the restoration of a civilian government, following the ousting of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in 2020.
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Elections are due to be held in February next year.
Mali has been facing a growing security crisis with frequent attacks by jihadist groups.
