Regional delegation to visit Mali to try to reverse coup as junta, opposition close ranks

FILE PHOTO: A Malian army soldier is seen outside the private house of president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who resigned overnight after the military mutinied and arrested him, in Bamako, Mali August 19, 2020. REUTERS/ Idrissa Sangare

BAMAKO (Reuters) - West African countries will send a delegation to Mali in an effort to reverse a military coup, presidents from the region said, as an opposition coalition there joined the junta in rejecting foreign interference.

Leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convened over the crisis on Thursday, after it suspended Mali, shut off borders and halted financial flows in response to Tuesday's overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.