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...
Vol 57 No 19 | MALI Instability goes national 23rd September 2016 A reshuffle has given the government a new strategy in the North but insecurity is spreading southwards As he struggles to cut a deal with armed groups over northern regional councils and faces persistent militant attacks in central areas, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has...
Vol 57 No 10 | MALINIGER Sahel on the Rhine 13th May 2016 France and Germany are using a joint visit by their foreign ministers to Mali and Niger last week to send a message about deeper European military, as well...
Vol 57 No 9 | MALI Kidal's tense calm 29th April 2016 An uneasy peace has returned to Kidal after two demonstrators were killed in clashes with United Nations' peacekeepers last week but the mood remains fragile in the heartland...
Vol 57 No 1 | MALI Tough people, weak leader 8th January 2016 Unless the President takes a much firmer grip, the year ahead will not see a breakthrough on the country's many crises The portents are mixed. Despite the shock of November's murderous attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, there are some grounds for encouragement (AC Vol 56 No...