Mali: President Touré wins election

Mali's president Amadou Toumani Touré has been re-elected with an absolute majority of votes cast in Sunday's election, according to official results released on Thursday. Provisional results announced by the Territorial Administration Ministry, which organised the polls and collated the returns, showed Touré won 68,3 per cent of valid votes, while his main challenger, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, took 18,6 per cent.