What’s up in Mali?

What’s up in Mali? Saw some political statements on TV – and a very good photo gallery from boston.com/bigpicture: Mali endures in conflict – “Bus passengers fleeing fighting between Islamist militants and French and Malian troops” or happy people with French flags there, others sad or wounded, Malian boys play soccer, Malian women are cooking on the streets, other people donate blood or carry heavy loads on bicycles, Tuareg men sitting and thinking and Christian women dancing, French helicopters landing and cows passing a bridge guarded by a Malian soldier, “an Islamist rebel burnt by inhabitants” – what’s going on in Mali? Great social differences …

title=”A bakery in the street of Timbuktu” – Mali, photo by hjfklein / Hansjoerg Klein, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr
related:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/01/mali_endures_in_conflict.html

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