
Mali's president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (L) embraces France's President Francois Hollande at the Bamako-Senou international airport, in this file photo taken September 19, 2013 (Photo: Reuters)
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita cut short a trip to a regional summit in Chad on Friday after gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in the capital, Bamako, and took 170 people hostage, the presidency said.
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