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West African leaders head to Mali to mediate crisis

Focus on Africa

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Five West African presidents under the regional group Ecowas are in Mali for more talks aimed at resolving the country’s political crisis. The presidents of Senegal, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Ivory Coast who are part of delegation returned at the weekend with no deal between the opposition and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. Audrey Brown has been talking to Paul Ejime, a consultant and election observer with ECOWAS, who was in Mali for the 2018 presidential vote. (Photo: President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo arrives in Bamako. Credit: Getty Images)

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