China confirms that it is sending a special envoy to Mali for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta’s inauguration on Saturday. Zheng Jianbang, the Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, will represent President Xi Jinping in Bamako at Keïta’s invitation. “China and Mali enjoy profound…
Malians waited Tuesday for final election results after Sunday’s second-round runoff between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali and URD opposition candidate Soumaila Cissé, who has already dismissed the outcome as illegitimate. Cissé called on his supporters to rise up and refuse to accept a president elected by fraud. His…
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali was expected to win Sunday’s second-round runoff election, as he faced Soumaila Cissé, the main URD opposition candidate, to determine the country’s final presidential election result. Keïta, the EPM party’s incumbent candidate, received 41.4 percent of votes cast in the July 29 election, according…
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali will face Soumaila Cissé, the main URD opposition candidate, in a second-round runoff to determine the country’s final presidential election result. Keïta, the EPM party’s incumbent candidate, received 41.4 percent of votes cast on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Territorial Administration responsible for…
As yet, there’s no clear outcome following Sunday’s presidential election in Mali, with an August 12 runoff likely between EPM candidate and incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Soumaila Cisse, the main URD opposition candidate. There’s also been a claim from ADP candidate Aliou Diallo, right, who says he received…
Preliminary results of Sunday’s presidential election aren’t expected until later this week, but officials in Mali have issued a first assessment of the voting process. The polls were closed at 716 stations for various reasons, many of them because of violence in the country’s north and central regions. Incidents included…
The head of the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) says that the country is prepared for a successful election on Sunday, despite the recent rise in violence against civilians and the chronic challenges presented by regional Islamic extremists. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, speaking with the MINUSMA radio network in Mali,…
A revised death toll now stands at three people killed, one a civilian, following the car bomb attack Friday on the G5 Sahel Force headquarters in Mali. The al Qaeda-affiliated militant group JNIM (Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims) has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack in Sévaré, in a…
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of Mali canceled his trip to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa on Saturday, heading instead to the site of Thursday’s civilian bus bombing near Boni – even as news came that 14 Malian soldiers died when gunmen stormed their camp in a fresh attack…
Yesterday, the United Nations envoy in Mali told the Security Council that the path to peace and stability in the country is full of obstructions. Mongi Hamdi, Special Representative and head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in his statement to the Council said “Violations…