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Mali
Tuareg MNLA dominates elections

Aware they could inherit an insurrection if they win the presidential election in April, a couple of key contenders are pushing for Bamako to negotiate with the MNLA Tuareg separatists. [...]

Published on 16/02/2012 at 23:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Amadou Toumani Toure
Antonio Guterress
Choguel Maiga
Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Henri de Raincourt
Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad
Parti pour la renaissance nationale
Soumaila Cisse
Tiebile Drame
Union pour la Republique et la Democratie

Eritrea
Genet Guebre comes to the defence of refugees in Paris

The former head of UNHCR in Kenya, Genet Guebre, who went on to work in New York, visited Paris in [...]

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Burkina Faso, Niger
UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Several Tuareg chiefs who were protected by Burkina Faso’s ousted leader Blaise Compaore received UN help to leave the country.

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Mali
MNLA on the offensive

Chased out of its fiefdom by AQIM and MUJAO, the MNLA Tuareg rebel movement is itching to take back its positions in northern Mali.

Subscribers only Politics 26.09.2012

Mali, Senegal
Ex president Toure’s quiet life in exile

Mali’s former president is profiting from the hospitality extended by Macky Sall to take it easy among his family, far from the crisis that drove him from office on March 22.

Subscribers only Politics 25.07.2012

Mali
Compaore places pawns in government

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore has appointed some close aides to the transitional government in Bamako, ensuring he continues to play a central role in resolving Mali’s crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 02.05.2012

Spotlight | Mali
Bamako’s race against the clock

Until his downfall in the early hours of March 22, Amadou Toumani Toure - ATT - had been in denial: denial that threats were weighing on his country; denial that his regime was so fragile that it would fall like [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.03.2012

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

While the Arab Spring may have raised the hopes of young people in Sub-Saharan Africa, on the whole rulers have managed to avoid regime changes and often made no attempt at transparency during the recent elections across the region.

Subscribers only Politics 29.02.2012

Mali
French "too close" to Tuaregs

In a stand-off that could turn into a full-blown diplomatic row, France has been accused by Mali of colluding with the National Mouvement for the Liberation of Azawad.

Subscribers only Politics 01.02.2012

Algeria, Mali
Tuaregs take up the fight

The security situation took a sudden turn for the worse in Mali this week while, across the border in Algeria, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2012

Mali
AQIM's unpaid ransom

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had promised to pay €15,000 to the individuals who kidnapped Frenchmen Philippe Verdon [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.01.2012

Spotlight | Libya
Tuareg deserters take up fight against AQIM

A major geo-political shift is taking place in the Sahel region. A large number of Tuareg officers who found themselves out of work after the defeat of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have set up a Movement National pour la Liberation de [.

Subscribers only Politics 22.12.2011

Spotlight | Mali
Paris pressures Bamako to deal with AQIM

Mali’s politically independent President Amadou Toumani Toure, known for his softly-softly approach, has not earned any plaudits for his weak response in dealing with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). However if Toure, who came to power in 2002, [.

Subscribers only Politics 14.12.2011

Chad
AQIM comes up against Toubou ex-rebels

The arrest of suspected members of the terrorist organisation by Chad's MDJT demonstrates the ex-rebellion's hostility towards radical Islamists.

Subscribers only Politics 27.10.2010

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Antonio Guterress
Choguel Maiga
Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Henri de Raincourt
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Parti pour la renaissance nationale
Soumaila Cisse
Tiebile Drame
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Compaore places pawns in government

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French "too close" to Tuaregs

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Tuaregs take up the fight

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AQIM's unpaid ransom

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Burkina Faso, Niger UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Mali MNLA on the offensive

Mali, Senegal Ex president Toure’s quiet life in exile

Mali Compaore places pawns in government

Spotlight | Mali Bamako’s race against the clock

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Mali French "too close" to Tuaregs

Algeria, Mali Tuaregs take up the fight

Mali AQIM's unpaid ransom

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Mali
Tuareg MNLA dominates elections

Eritrea
Genet Guebre comes to the defence of refugees in Paris

Burkina Faso, Niger
UN evacuates Tuareg close to Compaore

Mali
MNLA on the offensive

Mali, Senegal
Ex president Toure’s quiet life in exile

Mali
Compaore places pawns in government

Spotlight | Mali
Bamako’s race against the clock

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Elections: Sub-Saharan winter drags on

Mali
French "too close" to Tuaregs

Algeria, Mali
Tuaregs take up the fight

Mali
AQIM's unpaid ransom

Spotlight | Libya
Tuareg deserters take up fight against AQIM

Spotlight | Mali
Paris pressures Bamako to deal with AQIM

Chad
AQIM comes up against Toubou ex-rebels