A government source says that Canada will send an aviation task force to the embattled African nation of Mali as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission.

Will Canada’s presence in the country be helpful or is the situation too dangerous?

Guest: Dr. Bruno Charbonneau, Directeur, Centre FrancoPaix en résolution des conflits et missions de paix, Chaire Raoul-Dandurand, Université du Quebec, Canadian and global expert on UN missions to Francophone Africa, particularly Mali

(Photo: Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo, File)

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