Mali's neighbors in ECOWAS don't seem in any great hurry to come to her aid.
On Friday it was reported that the troop deployment had been approved. At various points over the weekend numerous sources reported that Nigerian and Senegalese troops were already in Mali, and that more troops would arrive Monday.
Monday arrived but the troops didn't. Instead we got the news that there is to be an ECOWAS summit tomorrow at which last Friday's decision is to be discussed.
None of which is particularly relevant to the situation on the ground. A mere three thousand ECOWAS troops are little more than window dressing for what is fundamentally a French war.
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