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Mali: After the fall of Timbuktu

As northern rebels rout the army, it's clear that the justification for Mali's coup has backfired miserably. François Picard's panel looks at the double-whammy of a country cut in two and the prospect of crippling sanctions.

  • Gregory Mann, Professor of History, Columbia University;
  • Adam Thiam, Columnist at newspaper Le Républicain (from Bamako, Mali);
  • Melissa Bell, France24 Senior Correspondent (from Bamako, Mali);
  • Gilles Yabi, Director of West Africa Program, International Crisis Group (from Dakar, Senegal).

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Produced by Christopher Davis, Elom Marcel Toblé, Mary Colombel, Sara Bertilsson

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