Since the French military intervention in Mali, known as Operation Serval, began last week, the internet has been buzzing with talk about its motives. Is France really only trying to contain a terrorist threat, as it claims? Or do major world powers have other, more sinister interests at stake? At its root, what is the conflict in Mali about?
A Malian perspective on the current state of events. Read, especially, points 3 and 5:
Actually it’s an American perspective (albeit from an American who used to live in Mali)
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