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Understanding the causes of violent extremism in West Africa
10 May 2013
(IRIN
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Academics and government, military and civil society representatives gathered for a conference in the Senegalese capital this week to assess the interplay between development and violent extremism in West Africa, with some participants suggesting that underdevelopment, marginalization and weak governance create a breeding ground for militancy.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/98012/Understanding-the-causes-of-violent-extremism-in-West-Africa
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Little support, no justice for Mali rape survivors
6 May 2013
(IRIN
),
During the rebel takeover of northern Mali in April 2012, many women said they were subjected to rape or sexual assault. Since then, little or no support has come through for these women, say aid workers.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97983/Little-support-no-justice-for-Mali-rape-survivors
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Plea for return of officials to northern Mali
22 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Residents in the northern Mali towns of Gao and Timbuktu are calling for the rapid return of officials to re-start basic services and help run their towns, which they say are in a state of “complete chaos”.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97892/Plea-for-return-of-officials-to-northern-Mali
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Briefing: Negotiating aid delivery in Mali’s conflict zones
18 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Aid agencies managed to work in northern Mali throughout its occupation by Islamist militants in 2012 and the new complications triggered by the French-led military campaign earlier this year. No single template guided their engagement.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97870/Briefing-Negotiating-aid-delivery-in-Mali-s-conflict-zones
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Malian refugees face abject conditions, long displacement
17 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Some 70,000 Malian refugees in Mauritania are facing enormous hardships and, as political and ethnic tensions persist back home, the prospect of a prolonged displacement.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97867/Malian-refugees-face-abject-conditions-long-displacement
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Moussa Ibrahim, detained in Mali: “They accused me of supporting the Islamists”
15 April 2013
(IRIN
),
Moussa Ibrahim is a 40-year-old ethnic Songhai restaurant owner in the Malian town of Timbuktu. He was arrested in February of this year on suspicion of supporting Islamist group Ansar Dine, which had taken over much of the region in 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97844/Moussa-Ibrahim-detained-in-Mali-They-accused-me-of-supporting-the-Islamists
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Torture, beatings and death for detained Malians
15 April 2013
(IRIN
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Hundreds of northern Malians - many of them ethnic Tuaregs - have been detained by the Malian army since the French military intervention to oust Islamist groups from northern Mali began in January 2013. Many of the detainees have complained they had no idea why they were captured and were not given access to lawyers; others alleged torture.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97845/Torture-beatings-and-death-for-detained-Malians
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Hunger at crisis levels in northern Mali
12 April 2013
(IRIN
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Hunger in Mali has reached crisis levels in the northern Kidal Region and has reached critical levels in Gao and Timbuktu regions, according to food security agencies and the government’s early warning body.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97834/Hunger-at-crisis-levels-in-northern-Mali
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Can Niger offer Mali lessons on the Tuareg?
11 April 2013
(IRIN
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The conflict that erupted in Mali in early 2012 brought to the surface a long history of rebellions and autonomy demands by the Tuareg. But the Tuareg in neighbouring Niger appear to have more stable ties with the government there. Does Niger’s experience hold any lessons for Bamako?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97823/Can-Niger-offer-Mali-lessons-on-the-Tuareg
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Mounting crisis for conflict-hit northern Mali pastoralists
8 April 2013
(IRIN
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Ongoing fighting and the fear of reprisal killings has severely disrupted normal migration patterns for pastoralists in northern Mali, putting them and their families in danger of severe food insecurity and poverty as the lean season approaches.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97799/Mounting-crisis-for-conflict-hit-northern-Mali-pastoralists
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Abandoned munitions endanger lives in Mali
19 March 2013
(IRIN
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Air and ground battles have left Mali’s central and northern regions littered with unexploded ordnance (UXO), seriously endangering the lives of children and the return of displaced people.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97682/Abandoned-munitions-endanger-lives-in-Mali
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Call to end neglect of emergency education in Mali
15 March 2013
(IRIN
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Aid workers and experts are calling for more attention to education in Mali, where 200,000 children are out of school due to the crisis but where money for emergency education has yet to come forward.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97656/Call-to-end-neglect-of-emergency-education-in-Mali
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In Africa, corruption dirties the water
14 March 2013
(IRIN
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Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
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How to tackle Mali’s crisis in the long term
12 March 2013
(IRIN
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As humanitarian agencies grapple with a deepening displacement and food security crisis in Mali, analysts point to the need for deep-seated reforms in the government and army if longer-term stability and development is to be attained.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97633/How-to-tackle-Mali-s-crisis-in-the-long-term
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Analysis: The R-word - Rhetoric versus reality in the Sahel
4 March 2013
(IRIN
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The annual gearing-up of humanitarian programmes to treat the chronic problems of vulnerable Sahelians is a clear sign that development there is not working. As a result, the Sahel is at the centre of the debate on the need to boost vulnerable people's resilience to shocks.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97590/Analysis-The-R-word-Rhetoric-versus-reality-in-the-Sahel
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The returns challenge in Mali
4 March 2013
(IRIN
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Nearly 3,000 Malians who fled towns and villages in the north when armed men occupied their homeland have headed home, but the vast majority are staying put in the south or in neighbouring countries, for fear of insecurity, reprisal killings, and in the knowledge that basic services are still sorely lacking.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97585/The-returns-challenge-in-Mali
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African migrants pay high prices to send money home
27 February 2013
(IRIN
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New data from the World Bank has revealed that African migrants pay more to send money home to their families than any other migrant group in the world.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97557/African-migrants-pay-high-prices-to-send-money-home
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Hope for Mali’s Gao residents as road opens
20 February 2013
(IRIN
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Since military intervention began over a month ago in northern Mali, the city of Gao has been cut off from major markets, leading to shortages of basic goods, skyrocketing food prices and a reliance on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to provide water and electricity. Two days ago the road from central Mali’s Mopti reopened, giving hope to residents that the situation might ease.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97513/Hope-for-Mali-s-Gao-residents-as-road-opens
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Why the Sahel needs $1.6 billion again this year
19 February 2013
(IRIN
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The 2013 Sahel Regional Strategy calls for US$1.66 billion to help meet humanitarian needs and build up resilience among vulnerable groups - an identical figure to the 2012 crisis appeal - even though aid agencies estimate the number of Sahelians at risk of going hungry this year has dropped 44 percent to 10.3 million. IRIN spoke to aid agency representatives to find out why the ask has remained constant.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97505/Why-the-Sahel-needs-1-6-billion-again-this-year
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The regional threat posed by Mali’s militants
18 February 2013
(IRIN
),
Militant Islamists fleeing northern Mali under pressure from French forces could undermine security in neighbouring countries from where some of the fighters are believed to hail. They could also attract the support of sympathetic militias in the region, and even target countries with large expatriate communities, analysts say.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97494/The-regional-threat-posed-by-Mali-s-militants
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