Mali update if you google 'reuters africa' you will get current dispatches on the French intiative. Looks like a few other countries are joining in also. Current plan is just to stop the invaders in their tracks, and take back a few recent gains. The heavy lifting of retaking the north is still a mission for later this year.
This has to be great news for EDV and other miners in Mali and surrounding countries. The west is promoting political stability in WA and willing to back it up.