Polls open for second round of Mali presidential election Polls open for the second round of the Mali presidential election. Malians are called to the ballot box for a presidential runoff likely to see Ibrahim Boubacar Keita return to office despite criticism of his handling of the country's security crisis. The second round is a rerun of a 2013 faceoff that Keita won by a landslide over former finance minister Soumaila Cisse. IMAGES