Vol 57 No 24 | MALI Sanogo finally on trial 2nd December 2016 The general who seized power in 2012 as Mali's army crumbled before advancing jihadists and Tuareg independence fighters, Amadou Haya Sanogo, goes on trial this week for the murder...
Vol 57 No 19 | MALI Instability goes national 23rd September 2016 A reshuffle has given the government a new strategy in the North but insecurity is spreading southwards As he struggles to cut a deal with armed groups over northern regional councils and faces persistent militant attacks in central areas, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has brough...
Vol 57 No 10 | MALINIGER Sahel on the Rhine 13th May 2016 France and Germany are using a joint visit by their foreign ministers to Mali and Niger last week to send a message about deeper European military, as well as political, collaborat...
Vol 57 No 9 | MALI Kidal's tense calm 29th April 2016 An uneasy peace has returned to Kidal after two demonstrators were killed in clashes with United Nations' peacekeepers last week but the mood remains fragile in the heartland of th...
Vol 57 No 1 | MALI Tough people, weak leader 8th January 2016 Unless the President takes a much firmer grip, the year ahead will not see a breakthrough on the country's many crises The portents are mixed. Despite the shock of November's murderous attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, there are some grounds for encouragement (AC Vol 56 No 24). Mali has d...
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 challeng...
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 time for...
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 no hurry to d...
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 New York tryi... 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 ...
