Mali: minister congratulates security forces despite violence The Malian Minister of Security and Civil Protection, Salif Traore, congratulates the security forces for the work they put in ahead of the presidential election's second round vote. Security had been drastically boosted ahead of the runoff between President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former finance minister Soumaila Cisse. Despite that, one poll worker was killed and 100 polling stations were forced to close due to the security threat from Islamist militants. SOUNDBITE