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After Timbuktu (part 2)

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French forces hurry into key northern cities of Mali. But are jihadists and Tuareg rebels on the run, or digging in for a fight on their home turf in the mountains of the north-east? François Picard’s panel takes the long view on the battle to restore Mali’s territorial integrity.

DEBATE
By Anelise Borges
  • Aboudou CHEKA TOURE. ECOWAS Special Representative in Mali (from Bamako);
  • Jean Charles BRISARD. CEO, JCB Consulting International;
  • Michael KIRTLEY. Journalist, National Geographic & Africa International. Independent filmmaker;
  • William JORDAN. Retired US Diplomat.

Produced by Anelise Borges, François Picard, Catherine Clifford, Christopher Davis.

Watch the first part here.

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