A man walks in front of a poster for presidential candidate Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in front of Keita's campaign headquarters in Bamako, Mali, August 2, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's postwar election produced no clear winner and former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita will face ex-Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse in a run-off due on August 11, the government said on Friday.
Provisional results gave Keita 39 percent of votes cast in the July 28 poll, well ahead of Cisse's 19 percent. But the third and fourth placed candidates may now rally behind Cisse, with whom they have been in coalition.
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