mally's famous northern timbuktu city that once served as major intellectual hub of islamic civilization is once again the focal point for terrorist organizations operating in the sahel region. due to the worsening security situation, the government of mali cancelled festivities planned for the anniversary of the country's independence celebrated on september 22. many people in mari like this activists here believe that france is still meddling in the country's internal affairs by insiding terrorists and sommes pas contre la france, nous sommes pas contre les français, mais oui nous sommes contre la politique française au mali, nous sont contre la politique française au sahel, les choses ont changé, nous pensons que la france maintient le statuco pour qu'il reste mettre de lieu, well on the situation we have contacted david hundain, he is the founder of the west african weekly. thanks lot for your time sir today. thank you very much for having me. now, timbuktu, the historic city situated in northern mali, is under threat from foreign back terrorist organizations. this comes just after f

mally's famous northern timbuktu city that once served as major intellectual hub of islamic civilization, once again the focal point for terrorist organizations operating in the sahel region. due to the worsening security situation, the government of mali canceled festivities planned for the anniversary of the country's independence celebrated on september 22. many people in mari, like this activists here believe that france is still meddling in the country's internal affairs by insiding terrorists and insents. nous sommes pas contre la france, nous sommes pas contre les mais oui n contre la politique française au mali, nous sommes contre la politique française au sahel, les choses ont changé, nous pensions le statuco, well on the situation davidin, he is the founder of the west african weekly, thanks lot for your time, sir today, thank you very much for having me, now timbuktu, the historic city situated in northern mali is under... from foreign back terrorist organizations, this comes just after french president emmanuel macron said mali, burkina faso or niger would have appeared if pa

now timbuktu, the historic city situated in northern mali, is under threat from foreign back terroristanizations. this comes just after french president emmanuel macron said, mali, burkina faso or niger would have disappeared if paris had not intervened militarily in the sahil. now are we seeing a common pattern here of france creating a pretext for reoccupying mali after its ejection from this country? so yes, you would have to say that that is, that certainly looks to be the case, um, as is very well known, of all the colonial powers to have ever operated in africa, france historically has always been the most unwilling to let go, and when when it is forced to let go, it has historically been the most vengeful. when when it is letting go so for example the the way it um basically trash the entire country of guine when the country voted for its independence in 1958 i think that's that is still something that that is in the memory of most people within francaford africa secret intelligence agency the dgsc is one is actually one of the most active on the african continent particularly i

month after jihadists circled timbuktu, and -- imposing a blockade which has led to food shortages, a situation similar to 2012 when jihadist rebels gained control of the cityith much of northern mali. since a coup d'etat in 2020, the situation has once again deteriorated. the islamic state group has double the territory in mali in the last year according to the united nations. >> and cut -- and al qaeda-linked group has been blamed for a string of attacks. a new report has been released in the u.s. state of georgia on the special grand jury investigation into donald trump's alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election result. it shows the special grand jury had recommended charges against 39 people, 20 more than were eventually charged. we are joined by the founder and director of the university of virginia center for politics. thanks for being with us this evening. talk us through the first of all some of the key figures who escaped indictment. >> well, there were 39 recommended. only 19 ended up being indicted. the best-known work three united states senators. an incumbent senator still, lindsey graham, very close to trump, though he has been back and f