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After Mali's military junta announced the leaders of a new transition government, the West African bloc ECOWAS meets with the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) in Bamako. IMAGES
Accra (Ghana), Sep 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Christian Thompson) The leaders of West African States (ECOWAS) met with the military that took power in Mali after the coup of Status last August 18.
The Nigerian delegation arrives in Accra to attend talks between members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mali's ruling junta, in power since the mid-August coup. IMAGES
The ECOWAS delegation led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan meets with judges of the Malian Constitutional Court in Bamako. Last week's coup -- Mali's second in eight years -- followed months of protests calling for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as public discontent with the government grew over the collapsing economy and a brutal Islamist insurgency. IMAGES
As both ECOWAS and the military junta that organised Mali's coup d'etat adjourn discussions in Bamako, both sides say that discussions are "progressing" and going "very well". SOUND UPS
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).