What is next for Mali?
Subtitle: the roots of conflict and challenges to stability
By: Dona J. Stewart
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute; Army War College (U.S.). Press
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Carlisle Barracks, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781584876021
Subjects: Political stability; Internal security; Insurgency; History; Politics and government; Autonomy and independence movements; Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Other titles: Roots of conflict and challenges to stability
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.
Notes: "November 2013."

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-86).
Table of contents: title: Part I. Mali : background to a crisis. Mali : ancient grandeur, modern challenges; title: European control of Africa; title: Mali under French control; title: The pacification of the Sahel; title: Malian independence; title: Part II. The crisis unfolds. Mali : the challenges of development; title: Early indicators of a crisis in northern Mali; title: The Tuareg rebellions; title: The impact of the Libyan revolution; title: AQIM in North Africa; title: Part III. The Sahel regional security framework. Challenges of the regional security framework in the Sahel.