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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from a handcart heading to Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#526: Nov 25th 2015 at 12:18:28 PM

Wonder if they'll do roadblocks.

"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
FFShinra Beware the Crazy Man. from Ivalice, apparently Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Crazy Man.
#527: Nov 25th 2015 at 1:52:12 PM

pleasant surprise. I wonder if that means French troops will be deployed elsewhere...

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
FFShinra Beware the Crazy Man. from Ivalice, apparently Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Crazy Man.
#528: Jul 19th 2016 at 2:18:02 PM

So it seems Mali might be about to unravel again.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#529: Jul 19th 2016 at 2:48:46 PM

West African in general is having a lot of problems right now. It's still better off than East or Central Africa, though.

Zarastro Since: Sep, 2010
#530: Jul 19th 2016 at 3:28:48 PM

Great we might experience another Afghanistan ... .

FFShinra Beware the Crazy Man. from Ivalice, apparently Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Crazy Man.
#531: Jun 24th 2018 at 11:06:59 AM

Sigh.

It seems that the fight against AQIM has been used as an excuse to start an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Fula.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#532: Jul 9th 2018 at 6:41:09 PM

https://defence-blog.com/army/french-convoy-attacked-in-mali-first-vbci-combat-losses.html

The French Army has reported the first losses of their VBC Is to car bomb attacks.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
#533: Nov 5th 2019 at 5:07:40 PM

The Forces Armées Mali has suffered major casualties recently with 49 soldiers killed by Islamists.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
FFShinra Beware the Crazy Man. from Ivalice, apparently Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Crazy Man.
#534: Nov 7th 2019 at 2:58:15 PM

Maybe it's just the way the media is telling it, but I feel like the only region Mali hasn't completely disintegrated at this point is because of the French contingent.

And I'm not sure thats entirely a good thing...

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#535: Nov 7th 2019 at 5:13:55 PM

I'm not surprised.

It's in French interests for Mali not to get taken over by jihadi forces.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
FF_Shinra Beware the Reaper from Interbellum Ivalice Since: Jul, 2020 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Reaper
#536: Aug 18th 2020 at 9:00:44 AM

Seems there is a mutiny underway in Kati, Mali. Kati is the location of the Malian Army barracks and was earlier involved in the 2012 coup de tat.

From what it's looking like, this may be a slow-moving coup or possible civil war in the making.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that.
FF_Shinra Beware the Reaper from Interbellum Ivalice Since: Jul, 2020 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Reaper
#537: Aug 18th 2020 at 10:53:02 AM

The president and prime minister have been arrested, according to AJE.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that.
FF_Shinra Beware the Reaper from Interbellum Ivalice Since: Jul, 2020 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Reaper
#538: Aug 18th 2020 at 5:25:46 PM

President has resigned and parliament has been dissolved. The new junta is expected to make a statement soon.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that.
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#539: Aug 18th 2020 at 5:54:09 PM

Well, that escalated...

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
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#540: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:07:24 PM

Here we go again.

Can't wait to see how it'll affect G5 Sahel.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#541: Aug 19th 2020 at 10:37:23 AM

Does anyone have a recording or a transcript of the full broadcast from the coup leaders? I can't find anything but fragments.

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
TheWildWestPyro from Seattle, WA Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#542: Aug 19th 2020 at 11:23:17 AM

I can find the official video, but it's entirely in unsubtitled French.

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from a handcart heading to Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#543: Aug 19th 2020 at 12:57:44 PM

Any word on what the foreign troops in the country are doing? I’m pretty sure there’s at least French troops still there.

"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran
Zarastro Since: Sep, 2010
#544: Aug 19th 2020 at 1:06:29 PM

The German troops have been ordered back into the barracks and await further orders.

Izeinsummer Since: Jan, 2015
#545: Aug 19th 2020 at 4:49:34 PM

... The army of Mali. The army that was so goddamn useless that it could not stop an insurgency that had essentially zero local support from marching south, has couped the Malian government? This is not good news.

Ominae Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent Since: Jul, 2010
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
#546: Aug 20th 2020 at 8:31:17 AM

Some news is that the army's going to allow election ASAP... So we'll see.

And Imam Mahmoud Dicko annouced that he's stepping away.

"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#547: Aug 20th 2020 at 8:40:08 AM

Col. Assimi Goita, head of a special forces unit, has assumed the lead of the Junta.

The die is cast.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Aug 20th 2020 at 11:40:15 AM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
Zarastro Since: Sep, 2010
#548: Aug 20th 2020 at 11:58:47 AM

Hopefully France and the other European countries currently engaged in Mali will tell him that he either organizes free elections in the near future, or he'll have to fight the islamists without European support.

FFShinra Beware the Crazy Man. from Ivalice, apparently Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Beware the Crazy Man.
#549: Aug 20th 2020 at 1:25:48 PM

Guessing this guy doesn't last more than a month, much like the last putchist dude, Sanogo.

That said, I don't see Europe making that particular demand, since they are in it as much for their own interests of fighting AQIM as it is to maintain Mali's status as a functioning nation state.

Now the African Union on the other hand has already put down the hammer. Europe should just support Addis Ababa on that front.

Final Fantasy, Foreign Policy, and Bollywood. Helluva combo, that...
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from a handcart heading to Hell Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#550: Aug 20th 2020 at 1:57:40 PM

Yeah the EU should look the back the AU’s play, which might actually be best as the AU being in charge of a temporary government while elections are organised.

"And the Bunny nails it!" ~ Gabrael "If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we." ~ Cyran

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