The leader of the military coup that seized control of Mali’s government last month signed an accord late Friday agreeing to return the nation to constitutional rule, after intense pressure and the threat of regional war by neighboring countries. The announcement comes as Tuareg insurgents in the north, supposedly the driving motivation of the coup leaders, declared “the irrevocable [...]
Mali’s Tuareg insurgents stepped up fighting after the military coup last month and now have declared independence in the remote north for which they’ve fought for decades. They have thus announced a ceasefire and a partitioning of the country in two. “We, the people of the Azawad,” they said in a statement published on the rebel website, “proclaim [...]
Mali’s Tuareg insurgents stepped up fighting after the military coup last month and now have declared independence in the remote north for which they’ve fought for decades. They have thus announced a ceasefire after effectively partitioning the country in two. Whether fighting will cease is not yet clear. The leaders of the military coup are holding [...]
The authorities in Libya have rejected a request from the International Criminal Court to hand over Seif al-Islam, son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, insisting he be tried in Libya. The ICC has of course condemned this, arguing Seif has a “right to effective representation” to defend himself against charges brought in a largely arbitrary, Western-influenced way. [...]
A small group of U.S. military personnel are deployed to Mali “on stand-by,” despite Washington’s official suspension of military cooperation following last month’s coup, as negotiations for a return to civilian rule supposedly continue. Over the weekend, U.S. Africa Command dispatched a team of rotating “advisory troops” to the capital, Bamako.“The U.S. military members will [...]
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Soldiers in the Malian army deserted the main military bases in the town of Gao on Saturday after sustained rebel assault, leading to further instability and a question of whether the coup will hold or descend the country into chaos. The Tuareg rebels have taken advantage of the instability following the coup in mid-March, which [...]
