Special envoy to Bamako
The conversation ignites like too dry straw.
In this "grin", these more or less formal cafes that flourish in Bamako, words click in the semi-darkness.
“
Of course France must leave with its
Barkhane
.
We are no longer a colony,
”says Mokhtar, a student in his late thirties.
Opposite, Abdoulaye abounds with force, calling for "
a liberation of Mali
" and the end "
of the exploitation of wealth by France
".
The prospect of the arrival of Russian soldiers, like so many providential men, seems to be a relieved unanimity.
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That the soldiers are in fact paramilitaries of "Wagner" does not change anything.
No more than the sulphurous reputation dragged by this "society" and its "dogs of war", accused of serious violations of human rights.
Since the Reuters agency revealed the negotiations between the junta, which seized power in Mali in August 2020 and this company, considered as a hidden extension of the Kremlin,
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