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Keita re-elected Mali president by a landslide

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 17 Aug 2018

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita picked up 67.17% of Sunday's vote against 32.83% for opposition challenger and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse

Mali opposition candidate vows to reject presidential election results

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 14 Aug 2018

Soumaila Cisse: 'We have a large lead. We do not accept that our voice is stolen. This is why there are results we will not accept'

Mali counts votes after poll worker slain

Africa Staff Reporter - 13 Aug 2018

On the eve of voting, authorities said they had disrupted a plot to carry out "targeted attacks" in the capital Bamako

Mali in presidential runoff in shadow of security crisis

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 12 Aug 2018

After the July 29 first-round vote the pool of candidates was reduced from 24 to two

Suspicion of electoral fraud revives civilian tensions in Mali

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 7 Aug 2018

In the north and centre of the country — shaken by jihadist violence and lawlessness — tension has been sharpened by the vote

Mali election: The wind of change, or deja vu all over again?

Africa Staff Reporter - 5 Aug 2018

On August 12, incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will face Soumaila Cisse in a runoff vote, in a repeat of the 2013 poll

Counting under way after Mali’s violence-marred poll

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 31 Jul 2018

Not a single ballot was cast at 716 of the polling stations in two regions following threats and attacks by armed groups

Mali’s election: An imperfect success story

Africa Chude Jideonwo - 30 Jul 2018

Despite the ever-present threat of conflict and violence, the country can be proud of its fragile stability

Keita wins Mali elections

Africa Daniel Flynn - 13 Aug 2013

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, an ex-prime minister with a reputation for firmness, has won Mali's presidential election.

Mali elections: Keita is ‘well ahead’ of Cissé

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 13 Aug 2013

Sources say Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has surged ahead of Soumaila Cissé after two thirds of votes in Mali's second round of elections were counted.

Mali presidential vote goes to run-off

Africa Staff Reporter - 2 Aug 2013

Mali's presidential election will go to a second round on August 11, after no candidate secured a majority in the landmark poll.

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