Counting has started in some of the 23,000 polling stations which closed at 1800 GMT. Related Content Mali votes in presidential election after violent campaignsElsewhere, the burning of polling stations and violence against election officials halted the vote. Violence also struck the village of Gandamia, further east, where polling stations were destroyed and staff were attacked, the sources said. Turnout has never exceeded 50 percent in a presidential election first round since the advent of democracy in 1992. Cisse's team have warned of possible election fraud, claiming that there are two electoral lists and hundreds of fake polling stations.

Source: Daily Nation July 30, 2018 05:48 UTC