Under pressure to hand over power, the leader of a military coup in Mali Capt. Amadou Aya Sanogo said that he had reinstated the country's constitution and government institutions, as rebels continued their advance in the north.
Sanogo said in a statement that the coup's leaders would begin "consultations" to form a transitional government, which will be "responsible for organizing peaceful, free open and democratic elections in which we will not participate.
" The statement did not specify when the meetings or the elections would be held, according to the (CNN). Sanogo's announcement came as rebels in Mali said they had seized control of another town in the north, Timbuktu -- a major blow to the coup leaders who toppled the nation's president last month. Sanogo reiterated concerns over the rebels in his statement, saying "We are very concerned about the attacks carried out by various armed groups in the north of Mali and determined to defend, whatever it costs, the territorial integrity of our country."
Source: BNA
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