Vol 59 No 15 | 
            - SOUTH SUDAN
	     Also involved are the African Union Commission  chaired by former Chadian foreign minister Dr Moussa Faki Mahamat  the AU's High-Level Ad Hoc Committee on South Sudan led by High Representative for South Sudan  former Malian President Alpha Oumar Konaré  and the 'C5 group' of non-IGAD African countries selected to assist with the peace process: Algeria  Chad  Nigeria  South Africa and Tanzania  as well as the Troika of United States  United Kingdom and Norway  and a few others including China...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     SBM was head of the intelligence service in the 1990s under Mali's first democratic President  Alpha Oumar Konaré  and later Foreign Minister under his successor  Amadou Toumani Touré...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Last week armed men attacked the home of former President Alpha Oumar Konaré...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Touré is expected to return from exile for a 21 September national reconciliation ceremony with IBK and former Presidents Moussa Traoré  Alpha Oumar Konaré and interim leader Dioncounda Traoré...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Former President Alpha Oumar Konaré  one of Adema’s founding fathers  has been uncharacteristically quiet during the national crisis but is said to be backing a solo run by ex-Prime Minister Modibo Sidibé...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Much of their bile is directed at former President Alpha Oumar Konaré  as well as Touré...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Laws against financial crimes were weakened under President Alpha Oumar Konaré...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     A former minister under the Moussa Traoré regime (1968-1991) who later became an advisor to President Alpha Oumar Konaré (1992-2002)  Hama ag Mahmoud  has been declared ‘head of state of the Azawad’ in Ménaka...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Adema wants to recover the presidency it lost in 2002  when Alpha Oumar Konaré (AOK) retired and ATT took his place...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Outgoing AU Chairman Alpha Oumar Konaré said the organisation could not sit with 'its arms folded' in the midst of mass violence and ethnic cleansing but his successor  Gabon's former Foreign Minister Jean Ping  seems happy to let Annan and his mediators take the lead on the issue...