Mali’s interim president on Friday sought to reassure international partners that the country fighting a war against radical Islamic fighters will be ready to hold democratic elections by July as promised.

President Dioncounda Traore made the comments before a meeting in the capital that included representatives from the United Nations, the European Union, the African Union, and the West African regional bloc known as ECOWAS.
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