(Reuters) - West African states are preparing to send troops to Mali as an international campaign to eject al-Qaeda-linked elements who have seized the north of the country gathers pace.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has for months lobbied the United Nations to back its plan to end the nine-month occupation of Mali's north by the al-Qaeda affiliated groups.
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara currently holds the rotating chairmanship of ECOWAS.
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