Mali legislative vote praised by EU, UN observers

European Union observers and the United Nation's mission in Mali (MINUSMA) praised on the 25 November 2013 the West African nation's weekend legislative election, despite low turnout and some voting abuses.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: Memo, MEMO/13/1050: Declaration de Catherine Ashton, Haute Representante de l'UE, sur l'issue du premier tour des election legislatives au Mali http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-13-1050_fr.htm

EUISS: Issue Alert, No.42, December 2013: Stuck in the desert: negotiations on northern Mali http://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/stuck-in-the-desert-negotiations-on-northern-mali/

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