no apology, just a quiet notice tucked into a press release: Air France has suspended all flights to Mali and Burkina Faso. The announcement was buried behind diplomatic language, a brief nod to “geopolitical instability” in the Sahel and vague references to “monitoring the situation closely.” On paper, it looks like a routine airline safety measure.
But on the ground, in Ouagadougou and Bamako, it felt like a punch. No more flights. No more movement. No more connection with one of the most powerful European nations. And it didn’t come after a natural disaster. It didn’t come after insurgent attacks. It came after rejection.
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