Tag: Mali

France in Mali ‘for the long haul’

By Roger Annis, rabble.ca, Feb. 5, 2013 “France is in Mali for the long haul.” That’s the headline in today’s France daily Le Monde. The newspaper’s front page, as well as pages 2 and 3, are devoted to a discussion…

Stop the war on Mali

By the Canadian Peace Alliance Jan. 15, 2013 The Government of Canada has recently announced that it is sending a CF-17 transport plane to northern Mali to add to the military buildup by the NATO powers in the area. The…

Canada to deepen role in Mali

By Campbell Clark, The Globe and Mail The Canadian government will extend the tour of the heavy-lift transport plane shuttling equipment from France to Mali for a military mission. Initially, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered the massive C-17 plane for…

Imperialist powers escalate war in Mali

By Ernst Wolff, Global Research Amid continuing offensives by French troops in Mali, the imperialist powers are making clear that the assault on Mali is part of a lasting, neo-colonial escalation of military intervention throughout Western Africa and beyond. “This…