Mali: Possibility of ECOWAS intervention increasing

They have since imposed strict sharia law as interim authorities in Mali and West African mediators grapple with ways to stem the crisis.

Mali has been hesitant to accept the offer of military intervention, an action which has not been clearly defined and still awaits a mandate from the United Nations — and insistent that its own army will take the lead.

Copyright 2012 AFP.

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