2023-01-09 - Pauline Paccard - France 24
Depuis le déclenchement de l’opération «Serval» jusqu’au récent retrait de «Barkhane», le journaliste Rémi Carayol dresse le bilan, calamiteux, d’une décennie d’opérations militaires françaises au Mali.
2023-01-19 - Célian Macé - Libération
The French are often unaware that their country has been waging a "war on terror" for a decade, supposedly to rid the Sahel of jihadism. It has since turned into a regional quagmire. Whereas the French army reluctantly withdrew from Mali in 2022, armed groups have multiplied, violence rages on and France is facing increasingly brutal criticism.
This book is a perfect blend of educational content and investigation, and an ideal overview of the French intervention in the Sahel just ten years on from the launch of Operation Serval.
Rémi Carayol, freelance journalist, has been a Sahel correspondent for the last ten years. He coordinates the editorial board of the news website Afrique XXI and regularly writes for Mediapart, Le Monde diplomatique and Orient XXI.