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Mali: 50,000 Rally for Peace
RFI, 13 August 2012
More than fifty thousand Malians gathered for a peace rally in the capital, Bamako, on Sunday, convened by the country's top religious leader. Analysts see this as a strong sign… Read more »
Mali: Peace Rally Gathers Tens of Thousands
Tens of thousands of Malians gathered at Bamako's main stadium on Sunday for a "national peace and reconciliation" meeting called by the country's top Muslim body.
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Mali: UN Chief Calls For Sanctions
UN, 8 August 2012
Warning that the situation in Mali was taking "one alarming turn after another", Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefed the Security Council today on a raft of grave developments… Read more »
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Mali: Nation in Confusion as President Returns
ISS, 1 August 2012
Upon his return from Paris, where he spent two months recovering from the mob attacks that took place in the presidential palace on 21 May 2012, Mali's Interim President Dioncounda… 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: Interim President Threatens Total War to Win Back North
RFI, 12 April 2012
Mali's interim president threatened to launch "total war" on Tuareg rebels and Islamist militias controlling the north of the country at his swearing-in Thursday. Read more »
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Mali: Hungry for Democracy - the Peasantry and the Coup
African Arguments, 2 April 2012
What does it mean when civil society groups like the Syndicate of Peasants of Mali announce their support for the military junta, and the National Committee for Recovering… Read more »
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Mali: End Attacks and Detention of Peaceful Protesters Amid Military Coup
AI London, 30 March 2012
Opponents of Mali’s new leadership have been attacked and injured during a peaceful protest on Thursday, prompting Amnesty International to urge an investigation into the… Read more »
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Mali: A Timeline of Northern Conflict
UNIRIN, 6 April 2012
After decades of failed Tuareg secessionist rebellions, a separatist group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) has declared an end to military operations in… Read more »
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Mali: The Battle for Nation's North
RNW Africa, 17 February 2012
Since 17 January 2012, the north of Mali has been at war. It started as an attack of armed Tuaregs on a Malian army barracks in Ménaka, near the border with Niger, and has… Read more »
