Monday, November 25, 2013

Mali holds parliamentary elections as country transitions to democracy

Voters in Mali trickled to the polls amid high security for parliamentary elections on Sunday, in the second set of elections since an international force intervened to dislodge al Qaeda-linked militants from the country's north.

Northern Mali has experienced some Islamist violence since President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was elected in August in elections that marked a return to democracy after a March 2012 coup. The military coup plunged Mali into chaos and allowed Islamists to seize its

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