Tag: Terrorism
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MALI: The Mirage of National Indivisibility in the Face of Armed Divisions
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The slogans of unity chanted by the Malian authorities resonate far from the scorched earth of Macina or the Azawad desert. For several months, the junta’s war against groups labeled “terrorists” has taken on the appearance of ethnic reprisals, leaving behind civilians devastated, families shattered, and villages depopulated.
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MALI: When Drones miss their Target, but Reach the Truth
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In the Sahel, drones don’t just kill invisible enemies. They also target, with fearsome precision, the credibility of a regime that dreams of military holograms in a desert without an audience. Tin-Aicha, a small town lost in the Gargando district, thus became, on July 19, the scene of a military…
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MALI: The Fulani in the Bloody grip of Military Counter-Insurgency
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By Mohamed AG Ahmedou Since January 2025, a heavy silence has hung over the plains of central and western Mali. A silence punctuated by muffled screams, unanswered disappearances, anonymous mass graves, and terrified stares toward military pickup trucks. This silence is shattered today by the damning report from the NGO…
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THE STATE OF MALI HAS NEVER AND WILL NEVER, CONSIDER THE AZAWADIANS AS ITS CITIZENS
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Displaced Azawadians in Tinzawatene protesting about the drone strikes against innocent civilians. The so-called Mali state has never considered and will never consider the inhabitants of Azawad its citizens. (Tuaregs, Arabs (moors) Fulanis and some others) They have always persecuted them and deprived them of their most basic rights. They…
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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…