Mali's opposition leader kidnapped, bodyguard killed [Morning Call]

<p>Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse has been abducted along with six members of his team while campaigning in the centre of the country. </p> <p>In a statement released on Wednesday, Cisse’s Union for the Republic and Democracy (<span class="caps">URD</span>) party said the politician and his team had gone missing after campaigning near the town of Niafunke, in central Mali. </p> <p>In a subsequent briefing, the party said Cisse’s bodyguard was killed and two others wounded when unidentified gunmen ambushed the group between villages in the northern region of Timbuktu. </p> <p>Our journalist Chancela Gningui has been following the developments and filed in this report.</p> <a href="https://twitter.com/jerrybambi1" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">@jerrybambi1</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script