Jailed Mamatou Touré re-elected Mali FA president from his prison cell
August 30 – The strong man of Mali football, Mamatou Touré, has been re-elected federation president – from a prison cell.
In what was surely one of the most bizarre election processes, the man known as ‘Bavieux’ won a landslide victory at an extraordinary general assembly of the federation (Femafoot) by 61 votes to one, with one abstention.
Toure, a member of the all-powerful FIFA Council, was the only candidate whose file was accepted by the electoral commission,
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