Bamako, Mali, former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won the President of Mali, his opponents concede the election late Monday insurgency-torn countries to restore stability, the coup, the Islamic insurgency.
Cisse Soumalia concessions to avoid a protracted campaign, Jean-Marie forward to establish a democratically elected government of about $ 400 million to unlock the promise of aid, the international community, one of the caveats.
Keita, who knows his initials "IBK," was expected to easily win the runoff, pulling nearly 40% of the votes in the first round. Other candidates from the first round of mostly gave their endorsement Keita, Malian government has a long career.
Cisse Keita's home visit Monday night with his wife and family to save his people concessions. Mali on the private TV station Africable, Cisse told Keita in the exchange of radio, he is coming, "Congratulations, I wish you success, you deserve, so the success of our country, you can have enough strength to take a huge challenge, waiting for you. "
"This is a symbol of the new Mali," Keita later told Africable, added: "I am filled with emotion."
Earlier in the day some of the allegations made Cisse supporter of the political party ballot stuffing on Keita, raise the specter of a lawsuit. Cisse's move drew praise Keita's supporters Monday night.
"This is a democratic conduct that in any case, all of the Malian people are from the same family, said:" Issouf Traore, 28, who voted Keita. "This act will serve as a lesson to young Malian politician, but this gesture shows that above all else, Soumalia Cisse is working with IBK together to restore the state as soon as possible, and bring peace and development."
Keita in 2002 and 2007 two previous presidential election run. Government of Mali during his long tenure, he also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Assembly Speaker.
During the campaign, he ran beyond the northern half of the country, arrived in the French army until January expel them from power Islamist insurgency-torn country to restore the reputation commitments.
Many voters said they had chosen Cisse, because they believe in the north, in the secular Tuareg separatists continue to pose a threat to regional stability, he can better resolve the crisis. From the rebel National Liberation Movement of Azawad negotiations since the formation of the government and many Keita Mali 60 days beginning with the group to keep the chaotic rebellion sparked more than a year, once the negotiations cautious West Africa's most stable democratic countries.
Kidal town, NMLA stronghold, only 12% of the electorate participated in the first round, the number will not swear allegiance to the new president of Mali, or no matter who wins.
The first round of presidential voting feature technical failure, so that some voters at polling stations is not clear. However, the European Union and the African Union election observers, the praise of Mali runoff vote.
"Mali should be congratulated, because it seems to me that they are to regain control of their destiny of democracy, which is, in fact, there is a tradition in Mali," said Louis Michel, the European Union observer delegation .
Ibrahima Sangho called APEM Mali election monitoring group chairman also said that Sunday's second round of voting has been smooth.
"We believe that the winner is a lot of people who come out to vote Mali shows that people will make the country out of the crisis," he said. "However, no politician can run Mali, as it has been for the past 20 years to run and people to watch closely the new president, and closely follow him in his campaign promises."
This election is crucial to unlocking $ 400 million in aid from international donors promised to rebuild the country's political turmoil, triggering a humanitarian crisis. A democratically elected government is a condition set by the international community, in March 2012 coup, the transitional government is in place, because it is not long.
After this subversion of the government, separatist Tuareg rebels and later the "base" organization linked militants seized control of northern Mali towns. Radical Islamic Jihad Islamic law, the implementation of strict interpretation of rotation once moderate Muslim country, where women were whipped out in a public place without a veil.
France, Mali's former colonial ruler, military action in African countries began extremists from their strongholds in the north to the south surging after January. Mali military has been able to regain the northern town of Gao and Timbuktu control over, although its existence is still controversial Kidal.
Nearly 200,000 people remain in neighboring Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso in refugee camps, and countless others are still living in the south of the capital Bamako, rather than returning to the North.
 



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