An abandonment in full flight 

the new situation born of the end of Barkhane , placing Mali in front of a fait accompli and exposing it to a kind of abandonment in mid-flight, leads us to explore ways and means to better ensure security independently with other partners

it is almost an indictment that Choguel Maïga has just made to the platform of the United Nations.

He, between the lines, denounced the ineffectiveness of international forces in the fight against terrorism in Mali.

(…) The head of government did not fail, half-heartedly, to castigate the blackmail of the French authorities concerning the withdrawal of the Barkhane force in the event of an agreement to install the Wagner Group in the country.

Choguel Maïga gave a speech of truth and the dimension of the magnitude of the multidimensional crisis that has prevailed in Mali since 2012. (…) And some of his admirers go so far as to foresee a triumphant welcome to the head of government as of Monday in Bamako.

After 61 years of independence, the continual interference of international partners in the affairs of Mali proves that the quest for freedom and self-administration, which had been expressed and obtained in principle by the peoples, has not been acquired in the true sense of the term. The debate and agitation of Mali's partners after the announcement of talks between the Malian authorities and a subsidiary of the Wagner group show that the scope of maneuver of the Malian authorities on the management of the country is not clearly defined in the protocol of agreement between this country and the former colonizing power.

Better

Sahel Tribune

these reactions show that Mali is not a sovereign republic, but rather a vassal in the eyes of the French authorities, with regard to the decisions and declarations of its officials after each decision of the Malian authorities.

The recent visit of the French Minister of Defense to Mali and her statements are proof of this.

In truth, each of the two countries is right

France, with the

this weekend, bringing the number of killed soldiers in the Sahel to 52 , with the millions of euros that it has injected, and the security work it has carried out since 2013, alongside the Malians, France has done useful work and has the right to express its opinion on the consequences of the impromptu arrival of Russian paramilitaries, which could misalign the configuration of the defense in the Sahel. She has the right to say that Takuba will be incompatible with Wagner. In return,

Today, Malians also have the opportunity to reorient their partnership as soon as Barkhane packs up.

Mali has the right to establish, as a sovereign state, with the partner of its choice, especially when it is urgent on the security level

Today, “the UN exit of Choguel only points to the various positions, and between Paris and Bamako, we no longer know what modus vivendi to find

today, it is Barkhane, Minusma and Takuba who are doing the job. Tomorrow it could be the Russian paramilitary private company Wagner. And the day after tomorrow, to whom will the Malian military leaders turn to do the work their people expect of them? The Chinese, the Americans, the Cubans… or who? No one knows yet! All in all, as the African proverb says, "to sleep on a neighbor's mat is to sleep on the floor"

WakatSéra

When will Mali, and all those countries which have given responsibility for their security and defense to foreign forces, regain this lost sovereignty and finally "sleep" on their own "mat"?