Two different Islamist jihadi groups have said they were behind massacre at a hotel in Mali.
President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta said 19 people were killed and a further seven injured after militants seized 170 hostages at the Radisson Blu in Bamako.
Two Islamist militants were also killed.
Mali has declared a 10-day state of emergency following the attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital city of Bamako.
At least 27 people were killed after gunmen targeted the hotel.
Earlier it was confirmed the attack at the hotel had come to an end.
A hotel in Mali's capital was targeted by gunmen in an attack which killed 27 and saw 170 people held hostage for several hours.
Bamako is two and half thousand miles from Paris; but in another capital, the same nightmare has unfolded.