Commentary

In a span of two weeks Africa has witnessed one of its most pessimistic and optimistic sides. The one is the Mali coup, and the other Abdoulaye Wade’s bowing out gracefully after losing the Senegal presidential elections.

One must fight both terrorists and the causes of terrorism with the same determination.” That formula, coined ten years ago in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by leaders as diverse as Javier Solana, then Secretary General of NATO, and US President George W. Bush, is as valid as ever in the aftermath of the recent killing spree in France.