Troubling development in Mali. My source has picked up on French Special Forces on two helicopters with a ton of supplies arrive a staging base in Mali. This is not good. Its gonna be an eventful week.

Mali's President may seriously want to beef up his security detail.
France has covertly threatened these leaders with assassination. A threat that should not be taken lightly. Its hard to understand why a sovereign state like Mali is denied the right to chart the course of its own future. Thr Wagner Group performed well in Syria.
The Malians are tired of war and want stability. Their decision to reach out to Russia is an embodiment of this determination. French invasive campaign to stop Russian and covert threats to the leader of the Junta is stunning.
Rwanda cut ties with France after the war and charted the course for its future. It wasnt easy but today Rwanda is Africa's success story. An independent and relatively prosperous society. This only happened after it rid itself off the vestiges of colonialism
Mali, Niger, Chad and other francophone states can do the same.

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Making my answer public.

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