Mali tells U.N. it will confirm post-coup election date in December

Mali's Prime Minister Choguel Maiga attends a meeting with the United Nations Security Council delegation in visit in Bamako, Mali October 24, 2021. REUTERS/ Paul Lorgerie

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim authorities will confirm a date for post-coup elections after national reform consultations in December, a representative of a U.N. Security Council delegation said after talks on Sunday.

The timeline is a further sign that Mali's military leadership is likely to extend an 18-month transition to constitutional rule that it originally promised would culminate in presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 27, 2022.