Tag: Junta
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Mali: When Transition Becomes Confiscation, the Story of a National Tragedy
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What we are experiencing today in Mali goes beyond a simple drift toward authoritarianism. It is a national tragedy that combines military domination, complacency toward extremist forces, and abandonment of the most vulnerable populations. The junta, far from protecting Malians, actively contributes to their endangerment.
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Mali: When JNIM Turns War Against Civilians in Kayes and Nioro, Revealing the Impotence of Assimi Goïta’s Junta
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While Bamako is filing a complaint against Algeria at the International Court of Justice for the shooting down of a Malian drone, the domestic reality is quite different: the Malian army and its Russian allies from Wagner and Africa Corps are accused by NGOs and local witnesses of systematic massacres…
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: Tuareg Marginalization & Ethnic Targeting in Burkina Faso
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I am deeply concerned about the ongoing marginalization and ethnic targeting of the Tuareg population in Burkina Faso—especially under the current coup-led government. These actions are fueling insecurity and deepening fractures in an already volatile region.
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MALI: The Transition has Become an Impasse, or when Pacification Rhymes with Confiscation
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Repression is intensifying. Journalists, opponents, activists: all those who dare to criticize the junta are accused of collusion with the enemy or working for foreign powers. This process, as old as authoritarian regimes, aims to silence any dissenting voice. The transition is gradually transforming into a machine for crushing political…
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IN MALI, THE STRATEGY OF CHAOS: the Goïta junta and its Russian allies face civilians
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Mali is sinking deeper and deeper into a multidimensional crisis that neither Russian weapons nor the ruling junta’s martial rhetoric can mask.