Well actually the Germans and the French have had their own problems with Islamic extremists within their own territories and in their own capitals.
The terrorist influence in Mali extends to the capital as well. This attack in Bamako in March 2015 killed 5 people
https://africajournalismtheworld.com/tag/bamako-bomb/
and this attack at a luxury hotel in Bamako in Nov 2015 killed 21 people about a week after 130 people died in the Paris attacks of 2015.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...k-highlights-global-spread-extremist-violence
There have been others. A similar attack occurred last year in January in at a luxury hotel in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso's capital) killing 29 people. Not to mention the activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-suspected-jihadists-in-burkina-faso-capital
These are not just pesky military Coups.
Whatever perspective you look at this from many Francophile countries in West Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly becoming exposed to the ambitions of Islamist extremist groups that are themselves fighting one another for power in that continent, much like the situation we have in the middle-east. A problem that to me seems to have far more potential to get worse before it gets better. Esh
