Mali Leaders Welcome UN Resolution

Mali's interim leaders have welcomed the French-sponsored United Nations Security Council endorsement of an African-led military force in the north of Mali, now under the control of Islamist fighters.

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Senegalese and Malian soldiers train with U.S. special forces.

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  • abukante
    Dec 20 2012, 17:42
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    Neglect and Blindness have cost Africa and its people unpleasantly. A sovereign nation must have an absolute power to protect its land and its people. When you travel through the continent particularly in West Africa, the evidences are clear that there are lot of lapses, lack of efficient institutions left everything fragile. This was what the former rulers of the Mali empire and then the Songhai empire were fighting for. These people are for several times been drove away from the Northern Mali. The former rulers were able to do that by using their own Technology and hence they stood fast to it. From Sumanguru Kanteh, Sundiata Keita, to Mohamed Askia Turay, they all relied on their Technology that was given to them by nature and their fore-fathers. We have to go back and search for those knowledges that were neglected and ignored. Different animals have different means of protecting themselves. The fragmented nations in West Africa must come together as a nation inorder to protect the region and its people. You can't negotiate with someone with a gun when you don't have a gun. However, as i said neglect and blindness gave birth to this disaster. A sovereign nation must also be able to look after its people but with censorship. I support ECOWAS military presence in that region before negotiation but thorough preparation is imminent. To win war requires proper planning and material support. ECOWAS and friends have to have one vision, that is PEACE and TOLERANCE.