Paris has only issued a brief statement since last weekend's jihadists offensive in the country, where the ruling junta, now allied with Russia, is increasingly threatened.

The situation in Mali remained highly unstable after unprecedented large-scale attacks on several cities, including Bamako, by jihadists from Nusrat al-Islam (GSIM, affiliated…

Paris has only issued a brief statement since last weekend's jihadists offensive in the country, where the ruling junta, now allied with Russia, is increasingly threatened.