29/03/2012

Mali crisis: Four African presidents abort mission to visit capital

A plane carrying four African presidents headed for the Mali capital of Bamoko for crisis talks has turned around without landing, the Associated Press reports. Presidents from Ivory Coast, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso had planned to meet with the army captain who initiated a coup in Mali last week. West Africa?s regional bloc, ECOWAS, is threatening to use military force if Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo doesn?t cede power. Read full article >>
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