West African Leaders Head to Mali for Talks
- Author:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publisher:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publication Date:
- 29 March 2012
- Tags:
- West Africa, Mali, Conflict, Peace and Security
A delegation of army chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States bloc has arrived in Bamako ahead of a team of six heads of state as Mali's neighbours attempt to restore constitutional order after last week's coup.
Led by Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso, the ECOWAS leaders' team is expected to arrive on Thursday even as several thousand people took to the streets of the capital in support of the coup and to protest against the possible use of force by Mali's neighbours.
The visit comes as toppled president Amadou Toumani Toure, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was overthrown on March 22, told the AFP news agency that he was safe in Bamako and was not being held by the coup leaders.
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- Continent Meets Over Mali As World Condemns Coup
- Military Coup in Mali Is a Setback for Democracy On the African Continent, Critics Say
- Coup Makes Tuareg Rebellion At Its Heart Harder to Resolve
- ECOWAS Statement On the Disturbances in Bamako, Mali
- The Role of the AU and Ecowas in the Crisis
African Union Suspends Mali
- Junta Leader Willing to Talk to Rebels
- African Union Suspends Mali Over Coup
- Continent Meets Over Mali As World Condemns Coup
- Govt Condemns Coup d'Etat in Mali
- Questions on Military Seizue at U.S. State Department Press Briefing
- Coup Heralds Period of Uncertainty On Human Rights
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- World Unites Against Mali Coup Leaders
- West African Bloc Condemns Coup
- Mutiny 'Topples' President Toure
- Mali in a State of Confusion
- Joint Statement of the AfDB and the World Bank On the Situation in Mali
- Rebellion Claims a President
- Questions About Military Coup at U.S. State Department Press Briefing
- France Suspends Co-Operation After Coup
- Malian Military Stages Coup
- Ban Calls for Calm and Peaceful Resolution of Conflict
- Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Mali
- U.S. Senator Coons on Military Rebellion
- State Department On Situation in Mali
- Situation in Mali Worsening, Says Kenya Foreign Minister
- Wetangula, Kenyans in Mali to Be Evacuated If Airspace Opens
- VIDEO: Mali Soldiers Say President Toppled in Coup
- Troops Mutiny
- Shots Fired in Bamako During 'Mutiny'
- I Am Ready to Go, says President Touré
Coup d'Etat au Mali?
- VIDEO: Coup d'Etat au Mali
- Les mutins annoncent la suspension des institutions
- La confusion règne au pays
- Fermeture des frontières terrestres et aériennes
- L'incapacité du régime à contenir la rébellion touarègue, principal grief des putschistes
- L'UA condamne le coup d'état
- Le pays sous contrôle des mutins
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- Grande confusion où le président ATT a quitté le palais présidentiel
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- La rébellion d'une partie de l'armée était prévisible
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- Des mutineries signalées dans certaines casernes au Nord
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- VIDEO: Malian Coup Leaders Given Ultimatum
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- Ecowas Delegation to Meet Malian Military Junta Today
- End Attacks and Detention of Peaceful Protesters Amid Military Coup
