Vol 59 No 15 | MALI Electoral déja-vu 27th July 2018 The top two contenders in the 2013 elections slug it out again with incumbent IBK tipped to win Both the incumbent President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and his main challenger in the 29 July presidential election, Soumaïla Cissé, offer the electorate security, improved basic services and infrastructure,...
Vol 59 No 14 | MALISAHEL Shaky start for Sahel force 13th July 2018 An attack on the G5 Sahel’s HQ has further undermined confidence in an alliance of governments who lack trust in each other A lack of confidence and cash is holding up deployment of the G5 Sahel joint military force, tasked with tackling jihadist groups and trafficking gangs in the fragile...
Vol 59 No 12 | MALI Threats to peaceful poll 15th June 2018 Only four days after UN Secretary General António Guterres left Bamako with the government's promises to promote peace and stability in his pocket, he was sounding his...
Vol 59 No 4 | MALI Fertilising dialogue 23rd February 2018 By choosing Mopti for his first provincial trip since becoming Prime Minister on 30 December, Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga signalled the urgency of the crisis in the central region....
Vol 59 No 3 | MALISAHEL Strains on the front line 9th February 2018 Opération Pagnali signals a cross-national resolve to fight jihadists, but gaps in command and control may unsettle the G5's future Important organisational and financial matters may remain unresolved, but the G5 Sahel countries' new joint military force is preparing to launch Opération Pagnali regardless. It will be the...
Vol 59 No 1 | MALI Wanted: change and security 12th January 2018 President Keïta may well win this year's election but security is poor and popular resentment is growing Two events in Bamako in June 2017 point to what 2018 holds in store. The first was the attack on the Kangaba Resort, just outside the capital, which...
Vol 58 No 11 | MALI Mali for Macron 26th May 2017 President Emmanuel Macron of France used his debut overseas visit to troops at the French military base in Gao to send a blunt message for two audiences. To...
Vol 58 No 7 | MALI Combat and compromise 31st March 2017 The government may be giving the northern Tuareg nobility too much in its bid to restore peaceful regional government At the last minute – and helped by United Nations pressure – Mali's government has persuaded the former separatists of the Coordination des Mouvements de l'Azawad (CMA) to...
Vol 58 No 2 | MALI The South fails the North 20th January 2017 The government is disappointing many in its failure to meet the challenges of separatism and jihadism Its contours recently redrawn by the local elections and the nomination of interim authorities in northern regions, Mali's political landscape will become even more complex in coming months....
Vol 57 No 24 | MALI Sanogo finally on trial 2nd December 2016 The general who seized power in 2012 as Mali's army crumbled before advancing jihadists and Tuareg independence fighters, Amadou Haya Sanogo, goes on trial this week for the...