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UN senior official for West Africa Said Djinnit went to Bamako, capital of Western African country and met with Mali junta leaders last Friday.
Segenal's President Abdoulaye Wade has admitted defeat in the presidential run-off held on Sunday.
One person was shot dead and 18 injured in clashes between security forces and angry soccer fans in Egypt's Port Said after their club al-Masry was banned for two seasons following the country's worst stadium disaster
China on Friday urged Malian authorities to take tangible measures to safeguard the security and lawful rights of Chinese agencies and citizens in the West African country.
The action of mutinous soldiers in Mali who overthrew the elected government by force on Thursday has drawn criticism worldwide.
Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian forces captured a strategic town in the south of the horn of African nation after Al-Shabaab rulers fled the area.
Sudan and South Sudan agreed to hold the much-anticipated summit, attended by their presidents, on April 3 in the South Sudanese capital of Juba.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned the mutiny in Mali, in which the government was overthrown.
China hopes that the turmoil in Mali will be settled and the situation there will return to normal as soon as possible.
The National Committee announced that it had overthrown President Amadou Toumani Toure from power.
Rebel soldiers have seized the presidential palace and arrested some of the ministers in Mali, media report said Thursday.
Malian soldiers occupied Malian national television in the capital and fired into the air to show their displeasure over treatment of a conflict.
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