Since the meeting, he has made all the right noises about streamlining the country's bloated civil service and demobilizing soldiers.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

And in the capital, Bamako, all the right noises finally emerging from a notoriously sluggish transitional government about the need for elections, human rights etc.

BBC: Attacks jolt Mali and France out of complacency

Dr Hamish Meldrum, of the BMA's GP committee, said although the current government is making all the right noises to the medical profession it is reluctant to take any action and they have lost all confidence in the government's ability for fair negotiation.

BBC: GP consultation