The Malian government recently negotiated the release of a French hostage who had been held captive for four years. On Thursday President Macron thanked the Malian government for its efforts. France itself, however, refuses to negotiate with the jihadists.
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In most of France’s colonial territories in sub-Saharan Africa there was a massive ‘yes’ vote, with over 90% of those who turned out to vote voting in favour of joining the French Community. The two exceptions were Guinée, where over 95% of those voting voted ‘No’ to the Community, and Niger, where the turnout was low (only 37%) and just 78% of those who turned out to vote voted ‘Yes’ to the Community. Here a prominent Nigerien historian says that, if the elections had been free and fair, ‘No’ would have won.
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