This lesson which we recorded some time ago focuses on the situation in Mali. In our role play, Brendan asks Simone to shed some light on the military

intervention of France in one of its former colonies. Let's listen. Then we'll come back

and discuss some key vocabulary.

Simon, Larm and Frances has a two just to their tirre of Afghanistan and was there that

the repaire on Mali.

Could you explain that the soul in France

even fair the bar.

Brandon, he'll follow that you sache two shows.

The first, is that the Mallee is a nation coloni

French.

Cert, his country is a dependent on the

10th century, but he was always part of the zone influence of the France.

This country, European, to have a presence minister in Africa.

The Mali is a avenue a country democratic, but its situation is deteriorate in reason of conflict ethnic,

not only in through the of North and the community of Sudh. the Malin were le The two-eeple is more Canada phantom.

The two-e point, these group, Islamist, army, dachmy, al-Qaeda, or Maghreb-Islamic,

we profite duvet political, and of the desorganization of the army to

separate the village of Norway and co-pere the country in two.

The France not risk the path to recuse of neo-colonialism,

as the is the case and the court in court of view.

French, my no,

to Boer, the Malie is a payipover.

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