The Mali Transitional government led by its military President, Colonel Goita Assimi gives ECOWAS envoys 72hours to leave the country.

Since Col. Assimi Goita took power in a coup, the ECOWAS body has been monitoring events in Mali and has been mounting pressure on the government to speed up progress in normalising political state of the nation.

Events took a twist recently as the 15 member ECOWAS team was asked to leave the country with immediate effect, giving them 72 hours.