73 YEARS OLD KEITA, RE-ELECTED AS MALIAN PRESIDENT

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been re-elected as president after beating opposition candidate, Soumaila Cisse, in a runoff vote.

The Ministry of Territorial Administration on Thursday declared Keita the winner of the repeat poll held on Sunday with 67 percent of ballots cast.

Cisse, a former finance minister, who also ran against Keita in 2013, secured 32 percent of the votes.

Keita will serve his second five-year term as Malian leader.

Cisse had accused the incumbent’s camp of cheating in the first round, which saw him secure 18 percent of the vote against Keita’s 41 percent.

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