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ECOWAS meets again with the country's military junta in Bamako after Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other leaders after a mutiny on Tuesday, dealing another deep blow to a country already struggling with a brutal Islamist insurgency and widespread public discontent over its government. IMAGES of the meeting
Leaders from West Africa's regional bloc ECOWAS stage a summit over Mali's political crisis, three months after slapping tough sanctions on the Sahel nation. IMAGES
West African leaders began a key summit to address the latest coup in the region. Emergency talks in the Ghanaian capital Accra were triggered after Burkina Faso on January 24 became the third member of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be overtaken by the military in less than two years - which Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo calls 'of grave concern' in his opening statement. SOUNDBITE
Bamako (Mali), Jun 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Life Tiemoko) Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the coup on May 24, officially swore in Bamako on Monday as president of the country, and promised that It will respect the 18-month transitional period that had been decided last August.FOOTAGE OF COLONEL ASSIMI GOITA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT IN BAMAKO, MALI
Images of Kati, the military town about 18 km from Mali's capital Bamako, which houses the camp where Malian transitional president Bah Ndaw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane are being held. IMAGES
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).