West African Leaders Hold Talks on Mali Military Coup
- Mali’s president, known as IBK, was forced to resign Tuesday
- Coup is the second since 2012; insecurity has worsened since
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West African leaders met Thursday to discuss the military coup that toppled Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, as international condemnation of the military takeover grows.
The Economic Community of West African States is trying to help resolve the crisis following earlier attempts to mediate between Keita’s government and a popular protest movement demanding his resignation. Further instability in Mali could be exploited by Islamist insurgents in the north that have staged increasingly violent attacks in the region despite the presence of a 15,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force.