Aguibou Koné was a

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in the

2013 Malian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 July 2013, with a second round run-off held on 11 August. Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta defeated Soumaïla Cissé in the run-off to become the new President of Mali. Background According to Constitution of ...

. A former

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, he announced that he would run for president to defend the colours of a political organisation called "to Yèlè" (this means "to open" in the national language Bambara).

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