Front-runner in Mali election runoff pledges to reinforce peace


  • World
  • Saturday, 10 Aug 2013

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's presidential front-runner wrapped up his campaign on Friday with a promise to restore peace to the West African country scarred by a coup and an Islamist uprising that triggered French military intervention.

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, 68, a former prime minister with a reputation for toughness, won last month's first-round ballot with nearly 40 percent of the vote. He faces ex-finance minister Soumaila Cisse in Sunday's runoff.

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