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Traditionally, the international community has regarded Mali as a success story and a pillar of democracy in the unstable region of West Africa. Since its first multi-party elections in 1992, Mali...
As Malians and West Africans, as well as the international community at large, anxiously await the outcome of the meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, 4 October, to review...
Mali has until recently been regarded as one of the most politically stable countries in West Africa. However, since the fall of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year and the coup...
On 18 July 2012, Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), released a press statement confirming receipt of a referral of the situation in Mali by the country’s...
The latest developments in Mali, coupled with the coup on 12 April in Guinea-Bissau, have left the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) overwhelmed by an extremely challenging...
Two decades ago, West Africa had the largest number of dictatorships and military Governments, at least 40 of which were non-elected. Until recently, the process of democratisation that started...
Many Africans were shocked as the news of a military coup in Mali spread across the globe in the early hours of Thursday 22 March. It was not the classic scenario of soldiers stepping in to reverse...