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Former PM favorite for president as Malians vote to end crisis By Daniel Flynn and Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO | Sun Aug 11, 2013 9:36am EDT (Reuters) - Malians voted in a presidential runoff on Sunday with former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita the frontrunner in an election which is critical to restoring stability after a military coup and Islamist rebellion last year. The winner will oversee more than $4 billion in foreign aid promised to rebuild the West African nation, after France sent thousands of troops in January to break the grip of al Qaeda-linked rebels over its desert north. He must also tackle deep-rooted corruption and forge a lasting peace with northern Tuaregs after decades of sporadic uprisings, problems that led to the overthrow of president Amadou Toumani Toure in the March 2012 coup and allowed Islamists to seize the northern two-thirds of Mali. reuters/article/2013/08/11/us-mali-election-idUSBRE97A00B20130811
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:12:10 +0000

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