Explosions and gunfire as armed groups launch co-ordinated attacks across Mali

Mali’s been on the edge for years and it keeps barely making Western headlines. If you can, follow local reporters or support reputable aid groups, forgotten conflicts stay dangerous longest.

>UN peacekeepers and French forces deployed to deal with the escalating insurgency left after the junta took over, and the military government hired Russian mercenaries to help tackle the insecurity. >Mali is currently ruled by a military junta led by Gen Assimi Goïta, who first seized power in a coup in 2020 [...] While I admit this to be a callous perspective: Consequences of your actions. This arrogant prick thought he could do better than the French and the World at large. While nobody sheds a tear for the previous government, the nutjob was either corrupt or stupid enough to rely on the Russians as a stabilising force. I don't know how much propaganda you need to watch to even consider that a reasonable path to try. Now they struggle to secure supply routes while the Russians focus on the gold supply and nothing else. Calling this a failed gamble would be an insult to gamblers.

If they touch Mdou Moctar we riot

F****** hell, the people have already been through enough.

The UAE has been bankrolling Wagner there for years. They must be pissed ...

I’m sorry, super uneducated American in the ways of the world (non Trump supporter by the way), where is Mali??