A very interesting and profound article of May Ying Welsh for Aljazeera English revealing the actors and their interests in the ongoing conflict in the north of Mali. An other prove for what is evident: Local governements working hand in hand with religious fundamentalist and other terrorist called militias, eagerly supported by the "international community" (the puppets of cooperations) in order to keep beeing able to exploite ressources past the local population. I'm posting this because I'm planing to travel from Morocco to Mauretania and Western Africa and so going into a region that is influenced by this conflict (especially concerning kidnappings from salafist groups):
Mali: The 'gentle' face of al-Qaeda - 2012 Year in Review - Al Jazeera English