“The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution that gives regional leaders 45 days to provide specific plans for an international military intervention to oust rebels in northern Mali. The unanimous resolution marks a key step and speeds up preparations for a possible intervention to retake the region from al Qaeda-linked rebels. Mali plunged into chaos in March after a military ruler overthrew the president, shaking one of West Africa’s most stable democracies.”
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/13/world/africa/mali-un-resolution/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
