In a rare move, several countries in West Africa have agreed on a plan to send 3,300 troops into Mali to stabilize the neighboring country and topple the Islamist extremists who are currently imposing a harsh form of sharia law on its citizens. The situation in Mali has drawn the concern of the whole world [...]
African Leaders Meeting To Resolve Conflicts Resulting From Mali Coup
May 3, 2012 | Posted by
West African leaders have gathered at a summit to discuss the turmoil in crisis-hit Mali after soldiers who overthrew an elected government in March repelled a counter-coup earlier this week. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are meeting in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Thursday to discuss the political crisis in Mali [...]
