What Is Next for Mali? the Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability

What Is Next for Mali? the Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability
ISBN-10
1304872068
ISBN-13
9781304872067
Category
Education
Language
English
Published
2014-02
Authors
Strategic Studies Institute, U. S. Army War College, Dona J. Stewart

Description

In March 2012, the government of Mali, one of the most touted symbols of Africa's democratic potential, fell in a military-executed coup. At the same time, a 4-decades old rebellion among Tuaregs seeking autonomy or independence reached new heights fueled by weapons from Libya and the belief that the Arab Spring could extend to northern Mali. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and their allies were quick to capitalize on the increasing chaos in a territory characterized by lack of government control and poverty and seized the major cities in the north. While French-led military intervention restored security to cities in the north, the underlying social, economic and political issues of the crisis remain.

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