Burkina Faso’s foreign minister, Djibril Bassolé, met in Kidal with Iyad ag Ghali, the head of the al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine, which has taken over much of northern Mali. Bassolé said that as long as Ghali remains allied with al Qaeda, peace negotiations are impossible. A jihadist media outlet called “Azawad News Agency” has emerged.
