Mali: Keïta’s likely run-off win, no fix to political economic outlook
- August 9, 2018
- - 7:42 pm
Summary President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is likely to win reelection when Mali holds a run-off vote on August 12. Keïta’s reelection, while resolving the country’s tense electoral season, does not mean the political and economic outlook for Mali is improved. Analysis Mali will hold a second-round presidential election on August 12. While the incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (“IBK”) is the favorite to win the run-off vote, the imminent conclusion of Mali’s electoral season does not translate to an improved geopolitical outlook for the Sahelian country. Mali held the first round of the presidential election on July 29, and no …
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