Requests that the secretary general report to the Security Council within 30 days on the implementation by the parties of this resolution and decides to remain actively seizedof this matter.
Details remain sketchy but some sources say the Islamists, who last year seized a vast area of the north, have advanced towards Mopti - the last town under government control.
After their defeat the lands of the chieftains were seized and many areas were colonised with people who the Crown thought would remain loyal, a process known as the Plantation of Ulster.