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dipsydoodle

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Tue Aug 13, 2013, 04:54 AM Aug 2013

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins Mali presidential election

Mali's presidential election has been won by Ibrahim Boubacar Keita after his rival admitted defeat in the second round.

Ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse said he had congratulated Mr Keita and wished him good luck, AFP reported.

Mr Keita, 68, served as prime minister from 1994 to 2000.

Mali has suffered a year of unrest including a military coup and a French-led military intervention to oust Islamist rebels from the north.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23677124

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