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Foreign Minister Diop's attacks on France and peacekeepers meets sceptical silence at UN Security Council, After accusing France of supporting Islamist militia groups at a UN Security Council meeting on 18 October, Bamako's foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop dialled down the rhetoric five days later at the Dakar Security Forum, insisting Mali could work with any partner, including Paris, if they didn't dictate policy. But the Bamako junta's stance, including using Russia's Wagner Group mercenaries, is deterring countries from contributing to the UN peacekeeping force.

The death of a notorious jihad leader has shifted the balance of power among terrorist groups in the region, An unrelenting campaign of terror by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) continues to gather steam as it positions itself to succeed Boko Haram, from which it splintered, as the leading jihadist organisation on the continent.