Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.Tens ...

SEGOU, Mali - Listeners swayed as the celebrated ... from the West African bloc ECOWAS and uncertainty about when the military junta would make good on its vow to organise elections.

But this year's edition of the Festival sur le Niger took place against the backdrop of Mali's exit - along with Burkina Faso and Niger - from the West African bloc ECOWAS and uncertainty about when ...