West African leaders are expected to arrive in Mali today to demand a return to constitutional order after a military coup ousted the president last week. Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, have suspended Mali’s membership and may call for the speaker of Mali’s parliament to become interim president. Meanwhile, thousands took to the streets in Mali’s capital of Bamako to show support for the takeover and the new constitution written by coup leaders.
ECOWAS Leaders Head to Mali amid Pro-Coup Rallies
HeadlineMar 29, 2012