After withdrawing from the town of Kidal at the start of the pro-independence and jihadist offensive on April 26, and then from Tessalit on May 1, Malian and Russian troops have begun pulling out from their base in Aguelhok. According to French military sources, their objective is to concentrate their forces in the central and southern parts of the country.

Mali is a mess. Russia’s Africa Corps is pulling out of a major city it helped capture a couple years ago, what some experts say was a humiliation. Here’s what you need to know…

After withdrawing from the town of Kidal at the start of the pro-independence and jihadist offensive on April 26, and then from Tessalit on May 1, Malian and Russian troops have…