Mali leader seeks Islamist talks

30 July 2012 Last updated at 04:56 ET


Dioncounda Traore has urged Malians to unite to end conflict

Mali's interim President Dioncounda Traore has called for talks with militant Islamists who have captured the north.
He made the call in his first national address after returning last week following a two-month absence.
He had been recovering in Paris from injuries sustained when he was beaten by supporters of March's coup.
Tuareg rebels and Islamist militants capitalised on the chaos following the coup and took control of the north.
But their uneasy alliance has since collapsed.
'Invaders'
The Islamists now control all three of the region's main cities -

Chizony