Counting of votes in Sunday’s Presidential run-off in Mali is taking place across Mali. The election was characterized by low turnout.
Voting in parts of the country was hit by militant attacks creating high level of insecurity.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 73 faced off with opposition leader and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse, 68.
Both candidates failed to obtain more than 50 percent of votes in the first round of voting last month.
Keita won the first round of voting by 41.4 percent with Cisse coming second with 17.8 percent of votes.
In 2013 president Keita, beat Soumaila Cisse in a second round of voting. He won then by 77% although the opposition disputed the outcome.
Cissse failed to secure the support or endorsement of other opposition parties. That could impact on his chances of winning the run-off.
President Keita is tipped to win Sunday’s run-off.
Mali has experienced a lot of jihadist violence and ethnic attacks over the years with little progress in stopping them.
Source: Africafeeds.com
