Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to continue Germany’s involvement in the West African states of the Sahel region, which are ruled by the military following coups. In view of the terrorist threat, stabilizing Mali and its neighbours is important even after the withdrawal of the German Armed Forces, or Bundeswehr, and the end of the UN mission in Mali. “We cannot and will not turn our backs on this region for this reason,” he said on Thursday in Berlin at the valedictory speech in honour of the Bundeswehr’s deployment in Mali. “This includes dialogue with the governments in the region, even if this…