Vol 56 No 24 | MALI Attack targets peace deal 4th December 2015 The Bamako hotel attack is meant to hinder the Algiers accord, which recently showed signs of gaining greater acceptance The days since Islamist gunmen attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on 20 November, killing 20 civilians, have confirmed both the scale and complexity of the security...
Vol 56 No 20 | MALI IBK ploughs into trouble 8th October 2015 The President's 'gift' to farmers of 1,000 tractors is not all it seems. It isn't the first public procurement problem to crop up President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is in the midst of another big public spending row after making a supposedly personal gift of 1,000 tractors to rural communities, just in...
Vol 56 No 18 | MALI GATIA digs in 10th September 2015 Fighters of a pro-government militia, the Groupe d'autodéfense touareg imghad et alliés , have agreed to withdraw from the northern town of Anéfis but appear to be in...
Vol 56 No 13 | MALI A peace deal, against all odds 26th June 2015 The much delayed signing of a new accord between north and south offers a chance to defeat the jihadists and sideline the secessionists Three days after presiding on 20 June over the signing in Bamako of a peace agreement between northern rebels and President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Mongi Hamdi was in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 56 No 12 | MALI Desert war, Bamako rumbles 12th June 2015 Shaky peace negotiations in the north and growing Wahabii influence in the south suggest the government is increasingly out its depth As the government and various northern-based rebels prepare to sign another 'final agreement' in Bamako on 20 June, alarm is growing about the deterioration of security across the...
Vol 56 No 10 | MALI MNLA on the back foot 15th May 2015 The latest battle for territory between pro-government forces and militants threatens Mali’s fragile peace process The main Tuareg secessionist group, the Mouvement national de libération de l'Azawad, has been losing ground – literally and politically – to pro-government forces. The government-backed Groupe autodéfense...
Vol 56 No 5 | MALI Truce trouble 6th March 2015 Leaders of the Tuareg armed groups fighting for the recognition of northern Mali as an autonomous or independent Azawad face the challenge of keeping supporters on board following...
Vol 56 No 1 | MALI IBK on the back foot 9th January 2015 Peace talks with Tuareg rebels and the President’s dented reputation both need their credibility restored Deadlock in the peace talks with Tuareg rebels promises continued instability and paralysed development for northern Mali this year – unless Algerian mediators step up the pressure for...
Vol 55 No 21 | MALI Crisis returns as talks falter 24th October 2014 Negotiations over the future of the north have resumed without much sign of any rapprochement Lethal attacks by jihadists on United Nations' forces and armed clashes among Tuareg factions take place against a background of another round of sluggish peace talks in Algiers....
Vol 55 No 19 | MALI MINUSMA minus one 25th September 2014 Albert Gerard 'Bert' Koenders, the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative in Mali, may soon be en route to the Hague, where he is seen as the favourite...