Gao released: "I have not seen anything like it"

(BRUSSELS2) “ I have never seen anything like it testifies Lindsay Hilsum for Channel 4 the British channel which arrived in Gao following the French operation Serval. " Thousands of city residents took to the streets. Chanting praise for France and Francois Hollande. Thousands of men and women on motorcycles honk and shout, even crying in disbelief that this day has come. (...) For nine long months, the people of Gao were not allowed to sing, dance, shout or smoke. Women were not allowed to go out without a veil, let alone be able to ride a motorcycle. Now they do it all, as loud and chaotic as possible. Everywhere the green, yellow and red of the Malian flag and the red white blue of France (...) It is difficult to find the words to describe a scene of such passion and excitement as the extraordinary moment I have lived continuously through the streets of Gao this afternoon. » testifies the first British journalist to be in Gao