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Peace in Mali Needs More Than More Troops

Dan Smith OBE | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Mali, Libya, UK Impact, World, Tuareg, International Development, France, Ban Ki-Moon, Africa, Security, Peace, Al Qaeda, Peace-Building, UK Politics News
Dan Smith OBE

The French military intervention in Mali since mid-January and much of the official discussion of Mali in the UN and among Western governments seem to have been driven by a quite narrow and short-term view of the issues the country faces. As in anything, if the problem is mis-diagnosed, the solution will probably mis-fire.

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Mali: Why the Hardest Part Is Yet to Come

Imad Mesdoua | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Mali, Jihad, War on Terror, Tuareg, François Hollande, France, Algeria, UK Conservative Party, Boko Haram, David Cameron, Terrorism, Nigeria, Aqim, UK Politics News
Imad Mesdoua

As Mali's northern provinces become more secure, Islamist militants will increasingly engage in targeted attacks, using asymmetric warfare to test international troops and regain the upper hand.

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Mali: France's Afghanistan?

Myriam Francois-Cerrah | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Dominique De Villepin, Mali, Libya, Al Qaida, Algeria, Tuareg, France, Africa, Drugs, Francois Hollande, UK Students, UK Politics News
Myriam Francois-Cerrah

Is France's military intervention in Mali a neo-colonial enterprise, dressed up in the conveniently ‎nebulous language of the 'war on terror'?

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Malian British Embassy Staff Withdrawn Amid Violence

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 06.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Amadou Toumani Toure, Mali, Mali-President-Amadou-Toumani-Toure, Africa, Bamako, Azawad, Western Africa, Tuareg, UK News

The British embassy in Mali has been closed as violence in the country threatens to spill out of control. Mali's under-fire military junta is comin...

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Things Go From Bad to Worse for Niger

Rheal Drisdelle | Posted 04.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Hunger, Niger, Tuareg, Refugees, Famine, UK, Starvation, UK Impact, Plan International, Mali, World, UK News
Rheal Drisdelle

When I wrote back in January that we need to talk about the risk of famine in Niger, I had no idea then that an already very complex situation was about to see yet another twist in the tale develop.

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