Following a day of fierce demonstrations in its capital Bamako as well as in the city of Kati, Mali's government orders schools there to be closed "until conditions of serenity and quiet have returned". Link to the communique, in French: http://www.coopfaso.net/didi/communi...bamako-et-kati

Jeune Afrique has a report on the demonstrations
pour reclamer des concertations sur la transition, la liberation du Nord et le depart de Dioncounda Traore.
which can be found at http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/...nord-mali.html

The government calls upon the population "to unite behind the army, making an effort to reconquer the regions in the north of the country".