BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali held its long-delayed parliamentary election on Sunday in spite of a revolt in its main and northern regions, concerns about coronavirus and the recent kidnapping of the primary opposition leader.
FILE IMAGE: Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita leaves a news conference after a working lunch with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, Germany, February 8,2019 REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/File Image
The election, originally scheduled for 2018, has actually been delayed two times due to the fact that of heightening violence in parts of Mali where the government has a hard time to suppress jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State.
The coronavirus pandemic has actually presented a further threat to the vote but authorities in the West African country have actually insisted it will go ah