Following almost daily coups de théâtre after the Malian junior officers’ coup d’etat of March 22 led by Capt. Amadou Sanogo, indications of the political evolution of the shaken West African country and of the possible military repercussions of the past weeks’ events are being voiced in Bamako.

Information is spotty, often contradictory, and foreign journalists, including this correspondent, are relying on opportunities, themselves limited by power shortages in the country, to reach contacts by electronic mail and telephone.