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France 24’s report " Is Qatar fuelling the crisis in north Mali? " provides a useful vignette of Saudi-Qatari terror sponsorship, stating: “The MNLA [secular Tuareg separatists], al Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine and MUJAO [movement for unity and Jihad in West Africa] have all received cash from Doha.â€A month later Sadou Diallo, the mayor of the north Malian city of Gao [which had fallen to the Islamists] told RTL radio: “The French government knows perfectly well who is supporting these terrorists. Qatar, for example, continues to send so-called aid and food every day to the airports of Gao and Timbuktu.†The report also stated:  “Qatar has an established a network of institutions it funds in Mali, including madrassas, schools and charities that it has been funding from the 1980s,†he wrote, adding that Qatar would be expecting a return on this investment.“Mali has huge oil and gas potential and it needs help developing its infrastructure,†he said