Also on the summary, West African leaders of the ECOWAS hope for the establishment of a transitional civil authority in the "coming days" in Mali, after talks with the junta which seized power there last month, a declared the Ghanaian president.
President Nana Akufo-Addo said the regional ECOWAS bloc will lift sanctions "as soon as" civilians are in place to take over, adding: "We hope we are talking about days and not weeks."
In addition Moussa Traoré, former president of Mali from 1968 to 1991 before being overthrown by a military coup, died Tuesday at the age of 83.
Finally in Côte d'Ivoire, the opposition denounces a Constitutional Council "under the orders" of power.
The institution unveiled on Monday evening the validated candidatures for the presidential election.
Only four personalities were selected: Alassane Ouattara, Henri Konan Bedié, Pascal Affi Nguessan, Bertin Konan Kouadio.
Most of the serious candidacies were rejected because, according to the Constitutional Council, they failed to obtain sufficient sponsorship, ie 1% of the electorate in half of the regions of the country.
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