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Ibrahim Keita Secures Second term as Mali President

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The incumbent President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBk) has been declared winner by the Ministry of Territorial Administration of the presidential runoff election conducted last Sunday in Mali.



IBK who secures 67 percent of the votes to beat Soumaila Cisse of the opposition party will now be chanced to paddle the affairs of the country for the next five years. Though he will now face the great task of lifting Mali out of spiral Islamic and ethnic violence that is presently ravaging the country.

Meanwhile, Cisse has accused the Keita’s campaign of ballot stuffing and tweaking electoral rolls to secure the win, but this accusations has been denied by Keita.

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