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West Africa: Ecowas Defence Chiefs Meet to Discuss Mali Mission
Daily Trust, 13 September 2012
West Africa's defence chiefs will be meeting in Abidjan to finalize the road map for the deployment of ECOWAS Mission in Mali (MICEMA). Read more »
West Africa: Regional Defence Chiefs Meet Over Mali
Following an invitation by the Malian government, a committee of West African chiefs of defence staff will convene a two-day meeting in Abidjan to finalize the road map for troops deployment in Mali.
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West Africa: Military Intervention Last Resort for Mali Crisis - Nigerian President
This Day, 23 August 2012
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will continue to follow the path of diplomacy and dialogue in the resolution of the insurgency in Mali, President Goodluck… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Is Focusing On the Wrong Front in Mali
Daily Maverick, 17 August 2012
Forget Al Qaeda, for now. Forget the militants destroying Timbuktu and rebels imposing their Taliban-style Sharia law across northern Mali. Read more »
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Mali: Q&A - Military Action in Mali Would Be a 'Huge Risk'
IPS, 14 August 2012
Military action by West African states against the insurrection in northern Mali would be extremely risky without diplomatic support from neighbouring Algeria and Mauritania,… Read more »
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Mali: Why Is Mali Spiralling Out of Control?
Daily Trust, 9 August 2012
Northern Mali promises to be the graveyard of scores of innocent people if African countries don't collectively challenge Western influence in the region. Read more »
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Mali: Avoiding Escalation - Report on Mali
Crisis Group, 18 July 2012
In a little more than two months, Mali's political regime has been demolished. Read more »
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Mali: Warning Over Western Intervention
AfricaFocus, 31 July 2012
"The reason West Africans and others make the Afghan comparison [for Mali] is to sound the alarm over an emerging Islamist safe haven in the Sahara that could be used as a… Read more »
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Mali: West Africa Lukewarm on French Intervention
RFI, 29 July 2012
West African countries have given an unenthusiastic response to Laurent Fabius's calls to take part in a military intervention in Mali during the French foreign affairs minister's… Read more »
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Mali: Army Commanders Prepare for Mali Mission
U.S. Embassy Abidjan, 26 July 2012
A report in Fraternite Matin (p. 32) says that a panel of ECOWAS military commanders held an emergency meeting yesterday in Abidjan "to evaluate the conclusions of a fact-finding… Read more »
