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Democracy in Mali: Rebuilding After the Mutiny

April 20, 2012

On March 21, 2012, a group of junior military officers attacked key locations throughout the Malian capital city of Bamako, including state television, military barracks and the presidential palace.

Post-conflict, Governance

IFES Provides Voting Materials to Mali Ministry of Interior

March 15, 2012

Mali, a traditionally stable democracy in West Africa, will be holding both presidential and parliamentary elections the summer of 2012. The first round will take place April 29 and May 13, respectively.

Elections, Governance

Elections Worth Dying For? Maintaining the Peace During Elections in Africa

December 09, 2011

Used as a political tool before, during and after elections, violence threatens the franchise and civil rights of all citizens.

Electoral Violence, Civil Society

Guide Pratique de L'Agent Electoral

January 2004

“Guide Pratique de L’Agent Electoral” is a guide, created by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Collectives in Mali and available in French, which provides instructions to electoral agents to follow for the 2004 Communal Elections in Mali. The document, published in 2004, contains instructions on the set up of polling tables, lists of materials available and instructions and diagrams on vote counting.

Election Procedures, Election Management, Elections, Civic Education

The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design

January 01, 2002

This handbook describes the attributes of various electoral systems and explores their advantages and disadvantages.

Electoral Systems

La Commune en questions…

January 2000

“La Commune en questions…” is a pamphlet, available in French, intended to instruct youth in the importance of Communes in the wake of the upcoming Municipal Election of 2000 in Mali. The pamphlet, published in the year 2000 by the Mission of Decentralization, is split up into different chapters covering topics such as how communes are organized, who works in communes, how representatives of communes are chosen and what youth can do in communes. Each chapter ends with a citation from a legal text which covers issues of decentralization.

Civil Society, Governance, Civic Education, Election Law, Election Procedures

Elections Legislatives et Presidentielles de 1997, Republique du Mali

August 1998

This report on the 1997 presidential and legislative elections in Mali discusses the political climate surrounding the elections, the institutional election structure and provides recommendation for future elections in Mali (in French).

Elections, Election Observation, Election Procedures, Election Law, Legal Framework

Education Civique

January 1997

“Education Civique” is a 1997 pamphlet, available in French, which explains how to be a responsible, conscientious citizen of Mali .The document, published by the Friederich Ebert Foundation, provides a description on the state of Mali and its electoral and government structure, details the rights of citizens, and stresses the importance of voting.

Governance, Elections, Civic Education, Electoral Systems

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