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Mali: Northerners Fear Islamic State
IPS, 12 June 2012
Tuareg and Islamist rebel groups which seized control of northern Mali in March are trying to find common ground for the joint administration of the territory. Read more »
Mali: Northerners Fear Islamic State
With a power vacuum in the country after the March coup, residents of northern Mali fear that individual and collective freedoms will be curtailed if the Tuareg and Islamist rebel groups set up joint administration of the territory.
Tuareg fighters have periodically taken up arms to demand more control of the desert.
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Mali: French President Warns of Terrorists in North
RFI, 11 June 2012
There is a risk of "terrorist" groups setting up in the deserts of northern Mali, French President Francois Hollande warned on Monday, after talks with Niger's President Mahamadou… Read more »
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West Africa: Niger Says Country Has Evidence of Jihadist Activity in Mali
State Department, 8 June 2012
Excerpt from the United States Department of State daily press briefing: Read more »
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West Africa: Al-Qaeda Consolidating in Northern Mali, Experts Warn
Moroccan American Center, 4 June 2012
An experts panel hosted by the Carnegie Endowment and Atlantic Council warned last week that al-Qaeda terrorists are consolidating their position in northern Mali - buoyed by… Read more »
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Mali: Terrorists and Uncertainty Flourish in North
RNW Africa, 17 May 2012
There's been no peace in northern Mali since Tuareg rebels took control of the area and declared independence earlier this year. Radical Muslim fighters came in their wake and… Read more »
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Mali: Confronting 'Talibanization' - the Other Ansar Dine, Popular Islam, and Religious Tolerance
African Arguments, 25 April 2012
Of the insurgent factions that have wrested control over northern Mali from the central government, and effectively partitioned the country, Ansar Dine ("Defenders of the Faith")… Read more »
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Mali: Divisions Among Rebels Threaten North
UNIRIN, 23 April 2012
After months of fighting in northern Mali, the Mouvement National de Libération de L'Azawad (MNLA) - National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad - declared an end to… Read more »
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West Africa: U.S. Hosts Anti-Terrorism Symposium
Africom, 20 April 2012
Representatives from African partner nations Ghana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, and Senegal participated in the Special Operations Command Africa- coordinated… Read more »
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Mali: Jihadism and Tuareg Nationalism Are Not the Same
Fahamu, 19 April 2012
The MNLA is not Jihadist. It is the main group representing the Azawad independence movement and has aims similar to those of other ethnic nationalist groups. Read more »
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Mali: Chaos Threatens North
ISS, 11 April 2012
The situation in Mali has considerably deteriorated over the past few days. Tuareg insurgents and Islamists have taken advantage of the existing political stalemate in Bamako to… Read more »
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Mali: France Fears Al-Qaeda Influence Growing in North
RFI, 4 April 2012
France is worried that Al-Qaida's influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to… Read more »
