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Mali: Polls 'Tentative' Step Forward Despite Low Turnout, Protests And Violence
RFI, 21 November 2016
Local elections in Mali on Sunday were marked by low voter turnout, protests and incidents of violence, however the polls were a step forward, according to a leading Mali… Read more »
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Mali: Mali Holds Long-Delayed Polls Amid Security Fears
Al Jazeera, 20 November 2016
Ballot boxes have been burned in Mali's Timbuktu city and one candidate was kidnapped elsewhere during the first local elections since al-Qaeda-aligned fighters were driven out… Read more »
Mali: Polls 'Tentative' Step Forward Despite Low Turnout
Turnout was highest in the southern city of Sikasso where some 50 percent of eligible voters went to the polls.
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As the UN warns of acute humanitarians needs in the east of the country, observers have criticised the new date set for the holding of elections, warning that it will do more harm ... Read more »
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Voters went to the polls in the second round of elections for members of the National Assembly amid clashes in the country's vast northern desert region. Read more »
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Five people, including four election officials, who were kidnapped have been released, officials say. Elections are to be held next week. Read more »
