(Reuters) - West African leaders on Thursday called for a regional military operation against al-Qaeda-linked rebels in north Mali to be transformed into a U.N. peacekeeping mission as quickly as possible to secure desperately needed funding.
Meeting in Ivory Coast's city, Yamoussoukro, presidents from West Africa's regional bloc - the economic community of West African states (ECOWAS) backed calls from France, the United States and Mali itself for the mission to receive a U.N.
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