Bamako--Mali's president has pulled out of attending the African Union summit to visit the restive city of Gao following the deaths of protesters in violent demonstrations against the United Nations, aides said Thursday Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had been due to fly on Thursday to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a day ahead of a meeting of the 54-nation bloc, but changed his plans following the bloodshed in Mali's restive north The head of state has just flown to Gao.
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