Saturday, July 7, 2012

Regional bloc ECOWAS seeks to stabilize Mali

West Africa leaders meet in Burkina Faso on Saturday with civil leaders from Mali amid moves to create a government of national unity to tackle a crisis in the north where Islamists have enforced sharia law.

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, a mediator for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will preside over the talks in Ouagadougou with six other regional leaders but with Mali's leaders notable by their absence.

The interim president of Mali, Dioncounda

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