UN chief calls for peaceful local election across Mali
Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, speaks at the UN World Climate Change Conference 2016 in Marrakesh on November 14, 2016. UN Secretary on Saturday called for peaceful local elections in Mali.PHOTO | AFP
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The secretary-general, in a statement issued here by his spokesman, made the appeals one day before the the Malian government is scheduled to organize local elections on Sunday.