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

Authors

Dona J. Stewart Dr.

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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.

ISBN

2257

Publication Date

11-1-2013

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Recommended Citation

Dona J. Stewart Dr., What Is Next for Mali? The Roots of Conflict and Challenges to Stability ( US Army War College Press, 2013),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/514