Conclude talks or see rebels radicalise, U.N. Security Council tells Mali

BAMAKO (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday called on Mali's government and rebels conclude talks as soon as possible, warning that the failure to do so risked radicalising fighters and undoing fragile security gains.

Members of the Security Council visited Mali over the weekend to assess progress in stabilising the country, a year after France dispatched thousands of troops to end an occupation of the north by al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels.