The following two articles describe the efforts underway to limit the fallout of the declaration of an independent ‘Azawad’ in the north of Mali on April 6, 2012 by the Touareg liberation front, MNLA. Imperialist military intervention is a distinct …
Mali junta forces hunt down counter-coup soldiers BBC News, Wed. May 2, 2012 Gunfire has been heard in Mali’s capital Bamako for a third day as junta patrols hunt down soldiers who had tried to stage an counter-coup. Panicking residents …
By Roger Annis, first published on Rabble.ca, April 16, 2012. This is a slightly edited version of the article as published on Green Left Weekly, April 15, 2012. The new, interim president of Mali is holding out the possibility of …
Army takeover follows big increases in aid and military equipment from U.S., Canada and Europe Published in Green left Weekly and on Rabble.ca, March 31, 2012 The African country of Mali has suffered a coup d’etat against its elected government. …
By Rick Rozoff, published on the author’s website, February 15, 2012 The press wires are reporting on intensified fighting in Mali between the nation’s military and ethnic Tuareg rebels of the Azawad National Liberation Movement in the north of the …
By Andy Morgan, February 6, 2012. Republished on Think Africa Press (Guardian Group), Jan 24, 2014 About the author: Andy Morgan is a full-time writer, journalist and researcher who writes about politics, society and culture for The Independent among other …