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Vol 63 No 4

Published 17th February 2022


The coup-makers win the first round

Regional and international efforts to bring the axis of colonels to heel have floundered due to hubris and miscalculations. The jihadist insurgents will be the main beneficiaries

Bamako's expulsion of France's ambassador Joël Meyer has set the stage for another messy post-colonial confrontation. Yet it is the refusal by Colonel Assimi Goïta's regime to accept the deployment of 100 Danish troops in Operation Takuba that may prove more consequential for international strategy in the Sahel.

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