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Delegates from the UN Security Council delegation meet with Mali's transitional president Colonel Assimi Goïta. The UN representatives are in Mali to press the authorities to allow a civilian administration to take over following two coups in under a year in the West African country plagued by jihadist attacks. IMAGES
Vote counting starts in Mali barely a day after the country recorded its first coronavirus death and with the leading opposition figure kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists. IMAGES
Talks gathering some 30 African states and France begin in Mali's capital Bamako, with leaders expected to focus on Africa's battle against jihadists and bid to improve its democratic record. IMAGES
At least 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in the capital Bamako with at least 170 people inside, many of them foreigners, that had been seized by Islamist gunmen. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.