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Rising hostility to Paris embarrasses regional governments as they seek French help to halt the southward spread of jihadist violence, It must have been with private relief that President Emmanuel Macron greeted England s 3-0 defeat of Senegal in the FIFA World Cup, thus sparing Les Bleus from a next-round clash with the Lions of Teranga on 10 December. Confrontation with an ex-African colony is the last thing the Elysée needs in the currently hot geopolitical climate. ....
Foreign Minister Diop s attacks on France and peacekeepers meets sceptical silence at UN Security Council, After accusing France of supporting Islamist militia groups at a UN Security Council meeting on 18 October, Bamako s foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop dialled down the rhetoric five days later at the Dakar Security Forum, insisting Mali could work with any partner, including Paris, if they didn t dictate policy. But the Bamako junta s stance, including using Russia s Wagner Group mercenaries, is deterring countries from contributing to the UN peacekeeping force. ....
New leader Captain Traoré says security crisis forced his faction to seize power but it could work with Russia, Turkey or the US military, On 3 October, a day after he was confirmed in power in Ougadougou, new military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré told a sceptical audience that he understood the urgency of the security crisis: We must move quickly and not be hindered by all kinds of red tape . ....
With French and European troops leaving, the junta turns its ire on UN peacekeepers and seeks new foreign allies, Malian military ruler Colonel Assimi Goïta is determined to show that his forces can tackle a growing Islamist onslaught, despite the withdrawal of French and European troops, under pressure from the regime. ....
With French troops pulling out, and the UN mission at risk, African leaders mull how to fill the security vacuum, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has presented West African governments with hard military choices, by proposing the African Union establish a new force that could replace the United Nations peacekeeping force in Mali, the Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (Minusma). ....