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ECOWAS meets again with the country's military junta in Bamako after Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other leaders after a mutiny on Tuesday, dealing another deep blow to a country already struggling with a brutal Islamist insurgency and widespread public discontent over its government. IMAGES of the meeting
Leaders from West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS stage a summit over Mali's political crisis, three months after slapping tough sanctions on the Sahel nation. IMAGES
West African leaders began a key summit to address the latest coup in the region. Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years - which Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo calls 'of grave concern' in his opening statement. SOUNDBITE
Images of Kati, the military town about 18 km from Mali's capital Bamako, which houses the camp where Malian transitional president Bah Ndaw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are being held. IMAGES
Police vehicles patrol in Bamako near the 'bourse du travail' where some gathered to protest against the arrest of the transitional president and prime minister by the military junta responsible for the August 2020 coup. IMAGES