Malians are voting in their Presidential election, with attacks disrupting polling in areas plagued with ethnic violence.
30,000 security personnel were deployed across the country, although several attacks occured in central and northern parts of the African nation, with voting even stopped in a village in the northern region of Kidal where 10 mortar shells were fired.
People in Mali have said they are voting for peace in the country which has seen more than 300 civilians killed in ethnic clashes, incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has not stabilised the country although a sitting president has never lost an election in Malian history.