Traore, Acting President of Mali, speaks to media at extraordinary summit of ECOWAS in Abidjan
Dioncounda Traore (R), Acting President of Mali, speaks to the media at an extraordinary summit of West African regional bloc ECOWAS on the crisis in Mali and Guinea Bissau, at a hotel in Abidjan January 19, 2013. African leaders meeting in Ivory Coast on Saturday are expected to sign off on a regional mission that is due to take over from French forces fighting al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali, but is still short on financing and planning. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)