On April 29th, 2007 Mali held a democratic presidential election (fourth since 1992) resulting in the re-election of incumbent president Amadou Toumani Toure (known as ATT). Elections were described using words such as peaceful, calm, quiet, and transparent.
News from West Africa rarely reaches western media outlets, and when West African news does make headlines, it is usually for all the wrong reasons: Charles Taylor; recent violence in La Guinee; continuing hostility in Cote D’Ivoire; and then there is the recent election in Nigeria, of which international observers have described as being among the worst they’ve ever seen. Here is some good news about democratic progress in the West African country of Mali.
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