Vol 53 No 8 | MALI The north and south of it 13th April 2012 Tensions in Bamako ease as Sanogo withdraws but increase in the north as the rebels fall out After regional leaders called his bluff with financial sanctions and threats of military action, putsch leader Captain Amadou Sanogo beat as dignified a retreat from power as he...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALI Rebel against rebel – against the rest 13th April 2012 Tuareg separatists of the Mouvement national de la libération de l’Azawad are in a bitter struggle with a jihadist faction – Iyad ag Ghali and his Ansar Eddine...
Vol 53 No 8 | MALI And a food crisis too 13th April 2012 With Islamists, putschists and nationalists claiming all the attention in Mali, the growing food crisis in the Sahel is in danger of slipping under the radar. There were...
Vol 53 No 7 | MALI Rebels and putschists 30th March 2012 Behind the coup in Bamako lies deep discontent at impunity as well as the mishandling of the Tuareg revolt The protests in Bamako started out with disgruntled soldiers, angry at how politicians had allowed their comrades to be overrun by Tuareg rebels. This then snowballed into a...
Vol 53 No 4 | MALI Libyan arms fuel Tuareg revolt 17th February 2012 Mali has rapidly moved from peaceful political campaigning to bloody military confrontation and inter-communal strife Battle-hardened fighters of the Mouvement national pour la libération de l’Azawad – equipped with heavy weapons they brought back from Libya – are confronting the Malian army in...
Vol 53 No 4 | MALI MNLA’s deadly mobility 17th February 2012 Attacks by the Mouvement national pour la libération de l’Azawad (MNLA) have been not only fierce but well planned. The late January assault on Ménaka, in the far...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | MALICHINABRIEFING Beijing backs Bamako’s army 2nd October 2012 China will continue to support the Bamako government’s position and ‘will bring our aid to the extent that it is possible, in particular to the army, where we...
Vol 52 No 24 | MALI Presidential poll wide open 2nd December 2011 Voters ask why President Touré wants to reform the constitution and boost women’s rights before next year’s elections Mali is looking forward to perhaps the most competitive presidential election since the advent of multiparty democracy two decades ago. The first round of the poll on 29...
Vol 52 No 24 | MALI Enemies in the north 2nd December 2011 The serenity of the elections contrasts starkly with deteriorating security in the north, with hundreds of well-armed Tuareg fighters and weapons streaming in from Libya, increased Tuareg banditry...
Vol 51 No 19 | MALIMAURITANIANIGER Niger, Mauritania, Mali: the politics 24th September 2010 For Niger, the crisis with Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) comes as the military regime that overthrew President Mamadou Tandja last February approaches the return of...