Is Mali about to fall to an al-Qaeda-affiliated armed group?

Fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda person blocked substance deliveries to Mali’s superior for 2 months, bringing the metropolis of Bamako to a standstill.

They’ve sealed disconnected the highways that tankers usage to transport substance from neighbouring Senegal and the Ivory Coast. This has enactment unit connected the landlocked Sahel state and its subject government.

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The standard of the blockade, and its impact, amusement conscionable however overmuch power the equipped radical wields. So, are al-Qaeda-linked fighters trying to instrumentality powerfulness successful Mali? And what does that mean for the conflict against equipped groups successful the Sahel region?

Presenter: Nick Clark

Guests:

Moussa Kondo – Executive manager of the Sahel Institute

Oluwole Ojewale – Coordinator for West and Central Africa astatine the Institute for Security Studies

Nicolas Normand – France’s erstwhile ambassador to Mali, Senegal and the Republic of the Congo/Congo-Brazzaville