The speech delivered on Saturday by the Malian Prime Minister, Abdoulaye Maïga, at the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly was to give the new state of mind of the military in power in Bamako.
The departure of the French troops of Barkhane from the country, mid-August, could have served to give an inflection, even slight, to the fussy sovereignism of the junta in power.
The answer was clear.
The colonels have opted for a headlong rush.
In front of sparse ranks, the head of the Malian government attacked from all sides.
France, with whom relations are execrable, was, as expected, the first target.
The French government,
"a junta"
according to him, was accused once again, between two exaltations of the successes of the Malian army against the jihadists, of having
"condescending and paternalistic positions"
and of acting behind the scenes to support radical Islamist groups, without providing the slightest evidence.
In an August 15 letter to the Security Council…
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