admin“A new request to the UN Security Council will be shortly submitted in the name of the Economic Community of West African States that I preside over,” Ouattara said.
“If the situation does not change for the better, yes, there will be military intervention in Mali,” he said, adding that it could happen within “weeks and not months”.
Al-Qaeda-linked rebel forces have taken over the northern zones of the West African nation once seen as a model of democracy in the otherwise turbulent region.
The country is still reeling from a March coup in the capital that has rocked its institutions. Its interim president returned on Friday after weeks convalescing abroad following an attack by a mob. The envisioned African force would be made up of soldiers from Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and possibly Chad and other countries, Ouattara said.
The West African bloc Ecowas is looking to France and the United States to provide logistical support. — Reuters.
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