There's a rather shadowy Captain Sanogo, who seems to be calling a disproportionate share of the shots. You have the Tuaregs, who at the best of times have a very strained relationship with Bamako, and you have three or four Islamist groups active in the north and who were on the way to the south.
Le capitaine Sanogo est un personnage plutôt sombre, qui semble mener la barque; les Touaregs entretiennent une relation au mieux très tendue avec Bamako; et trois ou quatre groupes islamistes actifs du nord font leur chemin jusqu'au sud.