27 people have reportedly been killed after militants stormed a luxury hotel in Mali's capital.
US and French special troops have been helping local forces to free more than 130 hostages at the Radisson Blu in Bamako.
A government official in Mali says militants are no longer holding any more hostages in the luxury hotel. UN peacekeepers at the scene say 27 people are dead.
Mali's suffered from an insurgency over the last three years - which has included hostage-taking.
