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Vincent Desportes, Retired French General

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France has over 2,000 men deployed in Mali and is spearheading an international military effort to root jihadist groups out of the country. Can France win this war? Are its African partners up to the task? Cyril Vanier puts these questions to Vincent Desportes, a retired French General and professor at Sciences Po Paris.

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