By Baba Ahmed and Carley Petesch Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The junta that forced Mali's president to resign urged people to go back to business as usual on Wednesday, seeking to normalize their coup amid global condemnation from leaders who feared the power grab would only further mire West Africa's fight against growing Islamic extremism. The African Union suspended Mali from the bloc and demanded the release of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other government officials. Former colonizer France, which has worked to stabilize the country since leading a 2013 military operation to oust extremists from power in […]

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