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Ecowas suspends Mali over coup
The West African regional group has suspended Mali and called for a return to democracy.
Leaders of the West African grouping Ecowas have suspended Mali’s membership from the bloc and called on the military rulers to stick to the timetable for a return to democracy.
Plus, Somaliland goes to the polls in local and parliamentary elections.
And an investigation by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa Eye has found new evidence that in a government crackdown last November, Ugandan security forces fired indiscriminately at people on the streets of the capital, Kampala.
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