We come back to this air strike in Mali carried out in early January in the Douentza region.

Is it a blunder of the French army?

The question still arises.

Two versions are opposed, that of the French army which claims to have struck jihadists, and that of the villagers, for whom a marriage has been targeted

Also on the program, the bishops of Congo-Brazzaville have expressed "serious reservations" on the organization and transparency of the presidential election on March 21 for which the outgoing president Denis Sassou Nguesso, 36 years old at the head of the country, is a candidate to a fourth term.

Finally, a plane from a new Malian company, Sky Mali, landed in Timbuktu, the first commercial flight to reach the city of the "333 saints" of northwestern Mali since its passage under the yoke of the jihadists in 2012 and 2013 Details in this journal. 

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