MALI: Representatives of the youth wing of Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse, gather in Bamako to protest the claim of a first round win by frontrunner Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Record ID: 214021

  • Title: MALI: Representatives of the youth wing of Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse, gather in Bamako to protest the claim of a first round win by frontrunner Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
  • Date: 31st July 2013
  • Summary: BAMAKO, MALI (JULY 31, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF STREET SCENES MEETING WITH YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES OF POLITICAL PARTIES TALKING, BANNER SEEN WITH INSCRIPTION READING: "SOUMAILA CISSE PRESIDENT" VARIOUS OF PARTISANS OF SOUMAILA CISSE IN MEETING ROOM, SOME HOLDING BANNERS READING: "MOUSSA SINKO QUITS" VARIOUS OF YOUTH PRESIDENT MADOU DIALLO ADDRESS / AUDIENCE LISTENING (SOU
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  • Location: Mali
  • Country: Mali
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA68H57W5VAMPSMDA0QHT1YFGDI
  • Story Text: Hundreds of representatives of the youth wing of Malian presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse, gathered in Bamako on Wednesday (July 31) to protest the claim of a first round win by frontrunner Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
    An announcement by the minister for territorial administration, Col. Moussa Sinko Coulibaly, on Tuesday (July 30) said Keita led by a significant margin that if maintained could mean a win in the first round.
    Cisse's camp, who is said to have come second, rejected the results saying they do not match their own party's tally.
    "The proof is in our tallying system that says the candidate that has the most number of votes has 1.1 million votes, so he needs another 700,000 votes to be able to win in the first round," said Madou Diallo, the president of the youth wing of the Union for Republic and Democracy, Cisse's party.
    Voters turned out in large numbers across Mali on Sunday (July 28), eager for a fresh start after a March 2012 coup allowed separatist and al Qaeda-linked rebels to seize the desert north last year. It took an offensive by thousands of French troops in January to scatter them into the desert and mountains.
    Voting was peaceful and observer missions have praised the polls, but tensions were rising as announcement of results neared.
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