The West African regional bloc Ecowas on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions and calling on both countries to honour timetables for a return to democracy.
The Economic Community of West African States "has decided to sanction all those implicated in the delay" in organising elections set for February 27 in Mali, Ecowas Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou told AFP after a summit of the 15-nation group in the Ghanaian capital Accra.
