Ivory Coast's president says mandated African Union forces could intervene in lawless northern Mali early next year, calling such an operation "urgent" to prevent the area in western Africa from becoming a hotbed of terrorists and drug traffickers.
Alassane Ouattara chairs the West African bloc - the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has put together a plan for 3,300 African Union troops to be deployed in the region.
Ouattara urged the United Nations on
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