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Mali: Kidnapped Election Officials in Mali Released

21 July 2013
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Ballot boxes for Mali's presidential election (file photo).

Tessalit — Election officials abducted by gunmen in northern Mali a week before presidential elections have been freed, local officials say.

Five people, including four election officials, were kidnapped on Saturday in the town of Tessalit, a week before a presidential poll aimed at restoring democracy, peace and unity in the country.

The governor of northern Kidal province, Adama Kamissoko, told the Associated Press news agency the workers had been kidnapped by fighters from a Tuareg rebel group.

They were picked up on Sunday by French forces and driven to a military camp a short distance from Tessalit, he added.

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