MALI / ELECTIONS PREPS

Malians are set to go to the polls on 29 July to vote in presidential elections which are considered crucial for the West African nation's return to constitutional rule and stability. MINUSMA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:51
• Production Date: 26 July 2018
• Asset Language: French
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MULTIDIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED STABILIZATION MISSION IN MALI - MINUSMA
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 2208956
• Parent Id: 2208956
• Alternate Title: unifeed180726e

Description

STORY: MALI / ELECTIONS PREPS
TRT: 02:13
SOURCE: MINUSMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS

DATELINE: JUNE - JULY 2018, BAMAKO / GAO / KIDAL, MALI

Shotlist

5 JUNE 2018, BAMAKO, MALI

1. Various shots, arrival of biometrical cards for elections

FILE - BAMAKO, MALI, 20 JUNE 2018

2. Close up, official opening of distribution of new voting cards at polling station
3. Med shot, Mamoudou Fode Diawara being interviewed
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Mamoudou Fode Diawara, Ouolofobougou Bolibana, Neighborhood Chief:
“I will spread the information to everyone in the neighborhood so everyone can get their card and go to vote on elections day.”
5. Med shot, Mamoudou Fode Diawara showing voting card
6. Med shot, group of men sitting during ceremony
7. Med shot, group of women sitting during ceremony
8. Med shot, a Malian citizen showing his voting card
9. Various shots, cards distribution to population at a polling station
10. Various shots, MINUSMA Electoral Affairs Division Director, Martin Nadon, entering office
11. SOUNDBITE (French) MINUSMA Electoral Affairs Division Director, Martin Nadon:
“We are dispatching the electoral material to the regions using our aerial fleet, in the Nord, the voter cards, the ballot papers, all electoral material is dispatched by MINUSMA on the ground and then the local authorities distribute it to the different communes.”

JULY 2018, KIDAL, MALI

12. Various shots, UN plane carrying electoral materials
13. Various shots, electoral material being offloaded from plane

20 JUNE 2018, GAO, MALI

14. Med shot, sign reading Gao international airport
15. Various shots, electoral material arriving in Gao
16. Various shots, electoral material being loaded to a truck

Storyline

Malians are set to go to the polls on 29 July to vote in presidential elections which are considered crucial for the West African nation's return to constitutional rule and stability.

In accordance with its mandate, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is providing technical and logistical assistance for Sundays first round of voting presidential elections, in addition to support to the Malian security authorities.

The Director of MINUSMA’s Electoral Division, Martin Nadon, said that they are working with the Malian authorities through the entire process from the preparation phase to the training of election officials and to make sure that voting materials are being dispatched widely and on time, being one of the main challenges the state of the infrastructure in the country.

SOUNDBITE (French) MINUSMA Electoral Affairs Division Director, Martin Nadon:
“We are dispatching the electoral material to the regions using our aerial fleet, in the Nord, the voter cards, the ballot papers, all electoral material is dispatched by MINUSMA on the ground and then the local authorities distribute it to the different communes.”

MINUSMA's Electoral Division, supports Malian government through logistics, technical and security but also, at the level of awareness and communication of the actors of the process.

The elections are seen as an important step on the path to recovery for Mali, but insecurity is a major issue for candidates including President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, who seeks a second term. Experts warn of a humanitarian crisis as hundreds of schools have closed out of fear of attack.