Mean while much is happening in Mali. Forgive me for not resisting this temptation: I do have to insist that I brought you the news about the French intervention 24 hours before anyone else! It was not until 17.00 yesterday that Holland actually came out and admitted to what had happened the day before: the French had sent in troops. The first thing that was reported as far as I can see was Al Jazeera’s report around the same time as Holland’s announcement. But you already knew about it, of course....