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FILE - This Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018 file photo released by the Union for the Republic and Democracy party shows then opposition presidential candidate Soumaila Cisse casting his ballot during the presidential second round election in Niafunke, Mali. Islamic extremists have freed prominent Malian politician Soumaila Cisse after holding him hostage for more than six months along with a French aid worker who was kidnapped back in 2016, an official said Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (Boubacar Sada Sissoko/Union for the Republic and Democracy via AP, File)

Families await freed hostages’ return in Mali’s capital

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

UN urges swift release of Mali’s kidnapped opposition leader

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday July 16, 2018, file photo a supporter of Soumaila Cisse, Opposition Presidential candidate with Union for the Republic and Democracy party hold a poster that reads '' Together lets restore hope'', during an election campaign rally in Yanfolila, Mali. Mali's first round of voting last month saw electoral agents killed and voting materials destroyed by extremists linked to al-Qaida, and now in a run-off round two election Sunday Aug. 12, 2018, incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita faces off against Soumaila Cisse. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Malians vote in presidential runoff amid attacks, threats

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday July 16, 2018, file photo a supporter of Soumaila Cisse, Opposition Presidential candidate with Union for the Republic and Democracy party hold a poster that reads '' Together lets restore hope'', during an election campaign rally in Yanfolila, Mali. Mali's first round of voting last month saw electoral agents killed and voting materials destroyed by extremists linked to al-Qaida, and now in a run-off round two election Sunday Aug. 12, 2018, incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita faces off against Soumaila Cisse. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)

Extremist threat could deter voters in Mali’s second round

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press