An aide to a leading candidate in Mali‘s presidential election has said that a runoff in the presidential poll is inevitable.
Former finance minister, Soumaila Cisse, is one of more than 20 challengers to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s bid for a second term.
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Vote counting after Sunday’s vote is continuing despite disruption by jihadists and other militants in some locations.
Voting did not take place at about 700 polling stations following threats by armed groups.
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Observers said these were mainly in the centre of the country rather than the previously restive north, where armed factions, who signed a peace accord in 2015, helped to ensure security.
Source: bbc.com