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Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord April 6, agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule. The announcement came only hours after separatist rebels in Mali's distant north declared their independence.
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Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, right, shakes hands with Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole, after signing an accord agreeing to return the country to constitutional rule, in Sanogo's office at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali Friday, April 6, 2012. Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, Sanogo, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord agreeing to return the country to constitutional rule. The announcement was made late Friday, only hours after separatist rebels in the country's distant north declared their independence. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo stands at junta headquarters during an address to the press, in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali, Friday, April 6, 2012. Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, Sanogo, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord agreeing to return the country to constitutional rule. The announcement was made late Friday, only hours after separatist rebels in the country's distant north declared their independence. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Coup leader Capt. Amadou Haya Sanogo, left, stands with Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Djibrill Bassole, right, as they address the media at junta headquarters in Kati, outside Bamako, Mali Friday, April 6, 2012. Under intense pressure from the nations bordering Mali, Sanogo, the junior officer who seized control of the country in a coup last month signed an accord agreeing to return the country to constitutional rule. The announcement was made late Friday, only hours after separatist rebels in the country's distant north declared their independence.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
A picture taken on April 3 shows Malian military junta leader captain Amadou Sanogo speaking at Kati military camp near Bamako. Mali's military junta has agreed with West African bloc ECOWAS a framework for a return to constitutional rule, including an amnesty for those behind the coup. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)
A young Malian woman from the North holds a sign reading, \"Save the North of Mali\" as she takes part in a protest in Bamako against the occupation of the north by Tuareg rebel fighters. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)
A Malian girl stands next to suitcases after arriving from the northern city of Gao April 6, at a bus station in Bamako. Mali's military junta and the West African bloc ECOWAS announced a deal that includes the lifting of sanctions and an amnesty for those involved in last month's coup. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)
Malian nationals arrive from the northern city of Gao at the Bamako bus station after two days of travel. Mali's Tuareg rebels declared independence Friday in the north, a move rejected by the international community and the Islamist insurgents they fought beside, as fears grew of a humanitarian crisis. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)
Youngs Malians from the North hold signs as they take part in a protest against the occupation of the north by Tuareg rebel fighters in Bamako. The United States on Friday rejected a declaration of independence by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali, joining international refusal to support the move by the insurgents. (AFP Photo/Issouf Sanogo)
A portrait of Malian president Amadou Toumani Toure hangs askew in the looted presidential palace, days after mutinous soldiers claimed power in a coup, in Bamako, Mali Monday, March 26, 2012. The coup likely disrupts Mali's plans to hold an election in April. Toure had planned to step down after this term, but he has not been heard from since the coup. (AP Photo/Aliou Sissoko)
Broken glass litters the floor at the looted presidential palace, days after mutinous soldiers claimed power in a coup, in Bamako, Mali Monday, March 26, 2012. Mali's coup leaders said Monday they are partially reopening the West African nation's main airport even as demonstrators marched in the capital to protest last week's putsch and demand a return to constitutional order. (AP Photo/Aliou Sissoko)
Soldiers walk through the looted presidential palace days after mutinous soldiers claimed power in a coup, in Bamako, Mali Monday, March 26, 2012. The coup likely disrupts Mali's plans to hold an election in April. Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure had planned to step down after this term, but he has not been heard from since the coup. (AP Photo/Aliou Sissoko)
Pro-military Malian youth gather in support of the Army coup d'etat in the capital Bamako, March 26, 2012. The United States said on Monday it would suspend some aid to Mali after last week's coup, estimating $60-70 million may be affected, but stressed it would maintain food and humanitarian assistance. Five days after an overnight coup, the West African state is in limbo with the whereabouts of President Amadou Toumani Toure uncertain, the putsch leaders disowned by neighbours and world powers, and Malians confused over their country's fate. REUTERS/Malin Palm (Mali - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
A Malian soldier looks on as pro-military youth gather in support of the Army coup d'etat in the capital Bamako, March 26, 2012. The United States said on Monday it would suspend some aid to Mali after last week's coup, estimating $60-70 million may be affected, but stressed it would maintain food and humanitarian assistance. Five days after an overnight coup, the West African state is in limbo with the whereabouts of President Amadou Toumani Toure uncertain, the putsch leaders disowned by neighbours and world powers, and Malians confused over their country's fate.REUTERS/Malin Palm (Mali - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Malian anti-coup protestors sing the national anthem at a meeting called by political parties and civil society groups demanding the army hand power back to civilians after a coup d'etat, in the capital Bamako, March 26, 2012. Life in Mali's capital has slowly returned to normal over the weekend after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, but rebels exploiting a military coup in the country pushed towards three northern towns. REUTERS/David Lewis (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
A main street is mostly deserted after the Malian army staged a coup d'etat in the capital Bamako March 24, 2012. The leader of the military coup in Mali, Amadou Sanogo, appeared on television on Saturday to say he was alive and well, denying rumours that he had been killed in a counter-coup days after seizing power. REUTERS/Adama Diarra (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)
People wander through the wreckage of an insurance company office looted after the Malian army staged a coup, in the capital Bamako, March 23, 2012. Bread and fuel ran low in Mali's capital Bamako on Friday as soldiers looted petrol stations and shops and hijacked cars, residents said, while coup leaders sought to consolidate their grip on power. REUTERS/Adama Diarra
Mali junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo speaks at the Kati Military camp, in a suburb of Bamako, on March 22. Sanogo has pledged the safe release of three top African foreign officials stranded in Bamako after the putsch, an African Union source said. (AFP Photo/Habibou Kouyate)
Young men take to a central street following Wednesday's military coup, in Bamako, Mali Thursday March 22, 2012. Drunk soldiers looted Mali's presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa. The whereabouts of the country's 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Renegade Malian soldiers appear on television at the ORTM television studio in Bamako in this March 22, 2012 still image taken from video. Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in protest at the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north.\n REUTERS/Mali TV via Reuters TV (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MALI OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALI
Civilians cheer as mutinous soldiers drive past in Bamako, Mali Wednesday March 21, 2012. Gunshots could still be heard in the Malian capital late Wednesday, hours after angry troops started a mutiny at a military base near the presidential palace. Soldiers stormed the offices of the state broadcaster, yanking both TV and radio off the air.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Mali junta leader Captain Amadou Sanogo (left) speaks to his fellow soldiers at the Kati Military camp, in a suburb of Bamako, on March 22. Mali's putschists, frozen out by the international community, sought to assert their tenuous hold on power amid rumours of a loyalist backlash against their two-day old junta. (AFP Photo/Habibou Kouyate)
Residents run past soldiers in a street of Bamako. Foreign powers expressed alarm over the coup in Mali, with France suspending cooperation with its former colony, urging soldiers not to harm Toure who was at a military barracks in Bamako under protection from his elite paratrooper guard. (AFP Photo/Habibou Kouyate)
A soldier participating in a mutiny stands near civilians and burning tires lit in support of the mutiny, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday March 21, 2012. Gunshots could still be heard in the Malian capital late Wednesday, hours after angry troops started a mutiny at a military base near the presidential palace. Soldiers stormed the offices of the state broadcaster, yanking both TV and radio off the air.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Civilians walk past burning tires lit in support of mutinying soldiers, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday March 21, 2012. Gunshots could still be heard in the Malian capital late Wednesday, hours after angry troops started a mutiny at a military base near the presidential palace. Soldiers stormed the offices of the state broadcaster, yanking both TV and radio off the air.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
Civilians cheer as mutinous soldiers drive past, in front of a backdrop of burning tires, in Bamako, Mali Wednesday March 21, 2012. Gunshots could still be heard in the Malian capital late Wednesday, hours after angry troops started a mutiny at a military base near the presidential palace. Soldiers stormed the offices of the state broadcaster, yanking both TV and radio off the air.(AP Photo/Harouna Traore)
General view over the offices of the state radio and television broadcaster after Malian soldiers announced a coup d'etat, in the capital Bamako, March 22, 2012. Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in protest at the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north. REUTERS/Malin Palm (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
Malian soldiers and security forces gather at the offices of the state radio and television broadcaster after announcing a coup d'etat, in the capital Bamako, March 22, 2012. Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in protest at the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north. REUTERS/Malin Palm (MALI - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
