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  • Mali's parliamentary election was hit by kidnappings, sacked polling stations and a roadside bomb attack that claimed nine lives, local officials have said. Voters in the war-torn West African state cast their ballots on Sunday to choose new MPs, in an election that was long delayed, mostly because of security concerns. There were also heightened fears about insecurity in the runup to Sunday's poll, especially following last week's kidnapping of Soumaila Cisse, a leading opposition politician. The concerns appeared to have been justified as local election observers recorded a string of incidents in the volatile north and centre of the country. These included kidnappings of village chiefs, election officials and one observer, the Cocem electoral observation group said in a statement on Monday. There were also death threats and sacked polling stations, added the group, which had deployed some 1,600 observers across the country. Adding to the kidnappings, nine people were killed in central Mali on Sunday when their vehicle hit a landmine, according to a local elected official who declined to be named. AFP was unable to independently verify the death toll. Colonel Boubacar Yansari Sanogo, the region's military commander, told AFP that the violence continued on Monday when an army vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Three soldiers died in the attack, he said, and three were wounded. Mali has been struggling to contain a jihadist conflict that first broke out in country's north in 2012 and then engulfed the centre, killing thousands of soldiers and civilians since. The al-Qaeda-aligned GSIM group has claimed responsibility for several recent attacks in central Mali, according to statements verified on Monday by SITE Intelligence Group, a jihadist surveillance NGO. These include the ambush on Friday of Malian soldiers who were escorting election materials, and a deadly attack on traditional Dozo hunters on Saturday. Experts hope that Sunday's election for Mali's 147-seat parliament will renew impetus to implement reforms that could drag the former French colony out of its cycle of violence. ah-kt-siu/eml/gd
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  • Mali parliamentary poll hit by kidnappings, attacks
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