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(30 Mar 2012) 1. Headquarters of the Presidency of the National Committee for the Return of Democracy (CNRDRE) in Kati military camp
2. Military sign
3. Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, military junta leader walking to microphones
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, coup leader:
"Our apologies to ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and to all the partners that sacrifice their time and energy to sort out our country in the current situation, because to be honest with you ladies and gentlemen it is a critical situation."
5. Soldier getting on motorbike
6. SOUNDBITE: (French) Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, coup leader:
"We ask the ECOWAS members to deepen their analysis of the situation in Mali."
7. Soldier sitting near motorbikes
8. SOUNDBITE: (French) Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, coup leader:
"We face new socio-political challenges and at the same we have to deal with the conflict in the north. The (Tuareg) rebels continue to attack our country and to terrorise the population. Members of ECOWAS, the situation of the country at this hour is at a critical point. We have the need of the support of our friends to save the civilian population and to save the territorial integrity of Mali. For the restoration of democracy - with a process of normalisation through the organisation of free and transparent and a speedy restoration of the state authority - we invite ECOWAS and the international community to support the people of Mali for the sake of Mali, for the sake of Africa and for the sake of the world."
9. Soldier on motorbike
STORYLINE:
The junior officer who grabbed power in a coup in Mali last week said on Friday the situation was "critical" as Tuareg rebels continue their attacks in the north of the country.
Coup leader Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo was addressing the media at his headquarters at Kati military camp, which lies around 15 kilometres (9 miles) outside Mali's capital, Bamako.
He offered his apologies to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and asked its members to "deepen their analysis of the situation in Mali".
Mali's neighbours late on Thursday gave the captain a 72-hour deadline to hand power back to civilians, or else face the closing of borders with landlocked Mali and the freezing of the country's account with the regional central bank.
If the measures go into effect, they will be among the toughest imposed on a state in West Africa, where coups are still a yearly occurrence.
Sanogo asked the regional body to support him, saying the junta seized control of the country with the plan of "holding a rapid process of normalisation, organising free and transparent elections and a rapid restoration of the state".
He gave no timeline.
Sanogo grabbed power on March 21 after a mutiny at the military camp where he is based.
The mutiny was sparked over the poor provisioning of soldiers sent to fight a nascent rebellion in the country's north.
Troops have been sent without enough equipment, and the junta claims that many were killed by the Tuareg separatists after running out of ammunition.
In Friday's address Sanogo said Tuareg rebels "continue to attack our country and to terrorise the population".
But in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where the regional body met to issue its threat of sanctions on Thursday, a senior advisor to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara was scornful of Sanogo's reaction to ECOWAS' demands, and said that sanctions could go ahead as early as Monday.
The sanctions are likely to suffocate Mali's economy as the country imports its petroleum products from nearby Ivory Coast.

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