Mali

  • Sep 25, 2012
  • 2 min read

UN will probably opt for Mali dialogue over force

Ahead of a UN General Assembly meeting on Sahelian issues tomorrow, Security Council members have...

Mali
  • Sep 21, 2012
  • 11 min read

Local issues drive and constrain Africa Sahel jihadis

Following northern Mali's crisis this year, speculation has grown that the central and western...

Africa
  • Sep 13, 2012
  • 6 min read

ECOWAS eyes a phased, consensus-based Mali deployment

On September 10 Captain Amadou Sanogo -- leader of the March 22 coup -- indicated that he backed...

Mali
  • Sep 11, 2012
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Mali militants probably lack strength to advance south

Investigations commenced today into the September 8 shooting by the Malian army of a group...

Mali
  • Sep 5, 2012
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Prospects of external action in Mali are growing

The French special representative for the Sahel yesterday stated that Mali's interim president...

Mali
  • Aug 30, 2012
  • 6 min read

West Africa's ECOWAS struggling to repeat past success

The 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a long way from achieving its...

West Africa
  • Aug 21, 2012
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Mali's new government inherits unresolved challenges

Interim President Dioncounda Traore on August 20 approved a new government comprised of 31...

Mali
  • Aug 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Organised crime entwines with state in West Africa

The dynamics of transnational organised crime have shifted over the past five years, with a...

West Africa