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Prime minister Maiga says he has evidence to proof that the French forces stationed in Mali have been training and arming terrorists in the sahel region to destabilize the government of the day. The French military have continued to supply weapons to terrorists through Mali airspace inother to protect their selfish interests which is to keep exploiting the rich resources of the country.  The emerging of Gen Assimi Goïta as Head of state has lead to the end of Western imperialism in the sahel region. It's obvious that Countries with Western imperialism suffers the most from terrorism. Although the West always have this pretext of fighting terrorism when there are the major financers of terrorism globally.