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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
Leaders from Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Niger and Ghana gather in Bamako's Sheraton Hotel to try break a dreadlock between Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and protest movements demanding his resignation in an escalating political crisis. IMAGES
The United States announces sanctions on Iraqi low-cost airline Fly Baghdad, saying it provided assistance to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and proxies, while also targeting leaders of a pro-Iranian Iraq militia for sanctions. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters the sanctions are "designed to protect not only our financial system but our national security." SOUNDBITE
West African leaders arrive at the extraordinary summit on Niger, in Abuja. ECOWAS is not ruling out the use of armed force to reinstate the overthrown president Mohamed Bazoum, meanwhile the regime that emerged from the coup has just announced the formation of a government. IMAGES
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
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