France, Mali at odds over dialogue with militants

Bamako, Oct 26 (AFP/APP):France and Mali differed on Monday over whether to talk to militants to help end the Sahel state’s eight-year-old insurgency, with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian ruling the option out. During a news conference in the capital Bamako, Le Drian distinguished between engaging with armed groups which had signed peace accords, … Continue reading France, Mali at odds over dialogue with militants