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  • Since its deployment in Mali, MINUSMA has recorded the most casualties of any ongoing UN mission. Credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino.
    MaliPolitics

    Could an AU force with a fighting mandate solve Mali’s insecurity?

    By Ajay P Karuvally
    July 7, 2022
    Despite the renewal of the UN mission, the UN Secretary-General has suggested a new force may be required to end the spiral of instability.  ...
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  • Members of the UN Security Council and leadership of UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA in Bamako. Credit: UN Photo/Harandane Dicko.
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    France, Russia, and shifting sands in the Sahel

    By Eromo Egbejule
    April 13, 2022
    The withdrawal of French troops from Mali comes after nine years of fighting the Islamist insurgency. On 17 February, France and its European allies ...
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  • boko haram Outside Kurmi Market in Kano, North West Nigeria. Credit: Eugene Kim.
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    The most worrying aspect of the Kankara kidnapping

    By Audu Bulama Bukarti
    February 17, 2021
    Could Boko Haram’s spread in northwest Nigeria increase opportunities for coordination between Islamist groups in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel? On 17 December, ...
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    Why can’t the AU seem to deter coups?

    By Seth Appiah-Mensah
    October 20, 2020
    Until the African Union ensures coup leaders don’t benefit personally and ends its incumbent bias, it may struggle to deter “good coups”. This August, ...
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  • Mali coups. Credit: Fred Marie
    MaliPolitics

    4 out of 4: Why has Mali had so many successful coups?

    By Kodjo Tchioffo
    August 27, 2020
    If we exclude short-lived interim leaders, Mali has only had one president that did not leave office at the barrel of a gun. Coups ...
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    How has human smuggling changed under COVID-19?

    By Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo
    May 6, 2020
    Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, many smugglers, armed groups and communities are imposing their own restrictions on movement. Read all our COVID-19 ...
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    In fighting slavery in Mali, some favour dialogue, others confrontation.

    By Edward Rackley
    April 8, 2020
    Caste systems in parts of Mali define what people can and cannot do. Nobles call it tradition. Opponents call it hereditary slavery.  For Diagley ...
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    Africa Insiders: A massacre in Mali, and its underlying dynamics

    By Africa Insiders
    November 8, 2019
    The essentials: At least 53 Malian soldiers were killed in an attack on a military camp near Indelimane in northern Mali. The attack was ...
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  • Mali Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga (right) resigned .Credit: MINUSMA/Marco Dormino.
    MaliPolitics

    Insiders Insight: Mali government quits

    By Africa Insiders
    April 23, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • In central Mali. Credit: UN Photo/Marco Dormino.
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    Insiders Insight: Explaining the Mali massacre

    By Africa Insiders
    March 26, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It ...
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