In response to the delay in the promised election, sweeping economic sanctions have been imposed in Mali. West Africa's main regional bloc has also agreed to close its borders with the coup hit nation.

Growing international concern over the situation in Mali

Mali plunged back into crisis on Monday when military officers detained the interim president, prime minister and defence minister, derailing a transition back to civilian rule after last year`s coup.

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Twenty-six people were killed in an attack on a village in central Mali, officials said Saturday, in the latest violence to hit the West African nation. Friday's attack targeted a Fulani village named Binedama in the volatile Mopti region, said Aly Barry, an official from Tabital Pulaaku, a Fulani association in Mali.

Twenty-six killed in central Mali attack

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Growing international concern over the situation in Mali

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Twenty-six killed in central Mali attack