Category: AES
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Mali: The AES Unified Force, War on Civilians.
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By Mohamed AG Ahmedou, journalist and specialist in Sahel-Saharan political and security dynamics. Barely announced in Bamako, the Unified Force of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) is already revealing its darkest side. In Gargando, in northern Mali, a joint patrol of the Malian army and Russian soldiers from Afrika…
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Mali: Acknowledged blunder, state lie and security spiral in the South.
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For weeks, the Malian military high command maintained that it had “neutralized terrorists” in Ntjinna. It was only under the pressure of events, reignited by the attacks targeting fuel tankers on December 6 between Bougouni and Ouelessebougou, that the junta acknowledged a blunder committed on October 22 against farmers.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT from the Democrats Panel – Mali / Diaspora. Massacres of Razelma, Amaranane, Tissikoreye, Zouera and Nijhaltate: Names of victims and call for International Investigation.
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The Democrats Panel expresses its deep indignation over the massacres committed on November 26, 2025 by a joint patrol of the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) and Russian mercenaries of Africa Corps in the Timbouktou region. At least ten Tuareg civilians were executed, including women and children, in several locations around…
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At the Security Council, Mali acknowledges its powerlessness: an admission from a military regime on its last legs.
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In New York, a speech that sounded like a confession: It was in this context of widespread crisis that the Malian ambassador appeared before the Security Council on November 18. His intervention, far from the usual triumphalist rhetoric, took the form of an admission of failure.
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In the Sahel, Turkey is betraying the model it claims to embody.
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Because while visitors strolled through the aisles of BAMEX 2025, Tuareg families from Timbuktu, Fulani herders from Macina, and Arab traders from Gao were still burying their dead, victims of drone strikes attributed to the Malian armed forces, supported by Russian paramilitaries and Turkish instructors.