00:00Fresh fighting has erupted in the key Malian town of Kidal as Touareg rebels, backed by
00:06jihadists, clash with government forces, supported by Russian mercenaries.
00:10The violence follows coordinated nationwide attacks, with rights groups urging the junta
00:15to do more.
00:20More and more, the military junta is failing to contain jihadist attacks all over the place,
00:25especially in the north, so that would be a failure.
00:28If a military coup was carried out, it would be to say we in the military are the best,
00:34the most capable of ensuring the country's security."
00:42Explosions and sustained gunfire rocked Bamako as armed groups launched coordinated attacks
00:47across the country into Sunday.
00:52This is a new turning point and, at the same time, a new phase of insecurity that is extremely
00:58worrying in my view, and it doesn't concern Mali alone.
01:01If people think it's only Mali, no, it's not just Mali.
01:04If Mali falls, the whole Sahel will follow, and the repercussions will be incalculable."
01:13After the junta takeover in Mali, UN and French troops withdrew, and authorities turned to Russian
01:19mercenaries to fight the insurgency.
01:26I think that since the army has just said that things are under control, we can hope that
01:31Assamli Goita is where he needs to be, safe and sound, and perhaps carrying on.
01:36But what must be said, what needs to be noted, and the lesson to be drawn from this regarding military
01:41junta in West Africa,
01:43is that they must now have the courage to acknowledge the limits of what they can achieve in terms of
01:48security.
01:54Assamli Goita leads Mali's ruling junta after seizing power in 2020, promising to restore security following a Tuareg rebellion later
02:03overtaken by Islamist militants.
02:04Master of the
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