Two armed groups in northern Mali are joining forces to create a governing body, the Transitional Council for the Islamic State of Azawad, for the newly independent state.<br /><br />Tuareg fighters and the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine say they will jointly rule their territory.<br /><br />The UN says more than 300,000 have been displaced by the crisis in Mali. <br /><br />Mereana Hond reports, and Nick Clark interviews Abdel Fatau Musah, director of political affairs for ECOWAS.
