http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/the-politics-behind-french-intervention-in-mali/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-politics-behind-french-intervention-in-mali Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/the-politics-behind-french-intervention-in-mali/comment-page-1/#comment-27451 Incredible Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=156197#comment-27451 #Mali natural resources gold,& diamond but half the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day #Mali natural resources gold,& diamond but half the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/the-politics-behind-french-intervention-in-mali/comment-page-1/#comment-27443 Joe Penney Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:39:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=156197#comment-27443 May Ying Welsh doesn't know what she's talking about. People have been looking for resources in northern Mali for the 53 years Mali's existed and no one has found anything but sand. It's not as simple as that sorry May Ying Welsh doesn’t know what she’s talking about. People have been looking for resources in northern Mali for the 53 years Mali’s existed and no one has found anything but sand. It’s not as simple as that sorry

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2013/01/the-politics-behind-french-intervention-in-mali/comment-page-1/#comment-27441 sandritamason Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=156197#comment-27441 Why don't any NPR programs include May Ying Welsh of Al Jazeera English? Her take on French intervention in Mali makes more sense than that of your other experts.  " France has a huge economic interest in northern Niger. That is—northern Niger, Niger, is one of the world’s biggest reserves of uranium. France is—gets 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear power. And as we know, France is a major exporter of nuclear power, and it’s a major component of French’s—the France’s military-industrial entity. I mean, uranium, you know, the uranium from Niger, which is France’s former colony, really was a key for France in its own development. I mean, they developed their nuclear industry on the back of that very cheap uranium coming from northern Niger." Why don’t any NPR programs include May Ying Welsh of Al Jazeera English? Her take on French intervention in Mali makes more sense than that of your other experts.  ” France has a huge economic interest in northern Niger. That is—northern Niger, Niger, is one of the world’s biggest reserves of uranium. France is—gets 75 percent of its electricity from nuclear power. And as we know, France is a major exporter of nuclear power, and it’s a major component of French’s—the France’s military-industrial entity. I mean, uranium, you know, the uranium from Niger, which is France’s former colony, really was a key for France in its own development. I mean, they developed their nuclear industry on the back of that very cheap uranium coming from northern Niger.”

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