Mali's incumbent President Amadou Toumani Toure casts his ballot at the Ecole Fundamentale de l'ex Base Aerienne in the capital, Bamako, on Sunday, April 29, 2007. Mali, twice the size of France, is one of the world's poorest countries ranking 175 out of 177 in the United Nations Development Program's human development report. Eight candidates including one woman are seeking the next five-year presidential term. More than 1,000 international observers will monitor the elections in the shadow of last week's flawed polls in Nigeria.