The West intervenes, others clean up the mess

“Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Monday said France and the United States have agreed on the need to hand over Mali military operations to a United Nations mission when it is "prudent." "We agreed on the need to as quickly as reasonably possible establish the African-led international mission in Mali and as quickly as is prudent transition that mission to the United Nations," he said” 

Of course, the United Nations mission  will be responsible for reconstruction and - more importantly – “protection” of minerals in Mali.