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Mali opposition supporters protest against poll result

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AFP Bamako
Last Updated : Aug 25 2018 | 11:25 PM IST

More than 5,000 supporters of the main opposition candidate in Mali's contested election today protested in Bamako against the poll result, organisers said.

The demonstrators waved banners with the slogans "No to the declared results" and "IBK (Ibrahim Boubacar Keita) will not steal our victory".

Opposition candidate and former minister Soumaila Cisse, 68, has slammed the August 12 vote that handed a second term to his opponent Keita as marred by fraud.

Cisse polled 32.84 per cent of the vote according to the official count, compared to

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First Published: Aug 25 2018 | 11:25 PM IST

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