Vote Counting Underway In Mali Following Sunday's Poll As Keita Leads

Cecile Kyenge (right), chief observer of the European Union election observation mission, attends the counting of the ballots during the presidential election in Bamako, Mali July 29, 2018. Photo: Reuters 

As votes continue to be counted in Mali's presidential election, a spokesman for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has told Reuters news agency that he's in the lead.

Earlier, the government said Sunday's vote had been disrupted by violence at about a fifth of all the polling stations.

No votes could be cast at all in about 3% of polling stations in areas where Islamist militants operate.

The result of the election is expected today.





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