'Military force unable to solve Mali crisis': Is political solution only 'viable path forward'?

As Mali’s junta mourns the death of Defence Minister Sadio Camara, with thousands coming out to pay tribute, FRANCE 24’s François Picard welcomes Paul Melly, Consulting Fellow for the Africa Programme at Chatham House and an expert on the Sahel region. He offers a sobering assessment of Mali’s deepening crisis, framing current events within both historical precedent and a radically altered geopolitical landscape.