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ECOWAS Delegation Fails to End Mali's Political Crisis

Nicolas Pinault

   PARIS - Hopes for cooling down Mali's heated political crisis came to
   nothing Thursday night in Mali's capital, Bamako.

   After hours of closed-door meetings, each side held firm on its
   position.

   The M5 Movement still demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
   resign. But the demand is a red flag for the ruling party and the
   regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),
   which rejects any unconstitutional change among its members.

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