Malian President's Party Wins Legislative Elections

The party of Mali's president and its political allies have won a comfortable majority in a parliamentary election intended to seal a return to democratic civilian rule following an army  coup in March 2012. Completion of the vote should unlock $3.25 billion pledged by donors to rebuild Mali and develop the lawless desert north, where Islamists seized control in the aftermath of the coup. France intervened militarily in January to drive the al-Qaida-linked fighters from...

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