BAMAKO, Mali — The body representing West African nations on Monday imposed severe financial sanctions on Mali, after a 72-hour deadline elapsed and the soldiers that recently seized power failed to fully restore constitutional order.

The Economic Community of West African States held an emergency meeting in the capital of Senegal on Monday. After a three-hour meeting the current chair of the bloc, Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara, emerged to say that the sanctions would go into effect immediately.

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