Merci Dieu Merci Sanogo

Lorry spotted on our way between Segou and Bamako this afternoon.
While the World views the Touareg rebels as Romantic minority freedom fighters, many southern Malians view Sanogo as their own Freedom Fighter. He is their Che Guevara or their Thomas Sankara. He is the People's Hero, and the 'Movement du 22 Mars', the sympathisers with the coup, has a large following. But how long can Mali last the sanctions which have been imposed since yesterday? A week to ten days is the estimate. Bamako appears surprisingly normal at the moment. As we entered the city this evening it was impossible to tell this is a city in a deep crisis. Plenty of people on the street, the shops open and people having ice cream or pizza at Amandines as if nothing is happening...