"As a reminder, the terrorist threat is very high in Mali."
The note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for French people who wish to go there, constantly updated, is very firm.
“Travel in the red zone is absolutely to be avoided.
In the orange zone, not recommended unless there is an imperative reason, including in Bamako, the risk of attack and kidnapping is also high. ”
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The mysterious reappearance in Mali of the ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin causes an outcry
Thirteen months ago, on October 9, 2020, the President of the Republic and the Minister of Foreign Affairs went to welcome Sophie Pétronin as she got off the plane: humanitarian aid converted to Islam was returning from Mali where, after four years in the hands of the jihadists, it had just been liberated by the French army.
What was their feeling when they heard that she had returned to Bamako?
Neither of them spoke.
But they left the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal, to deplore this behavior last week:
“There is a form of irresponsibility vis-à-vis
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