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Negotiations with jihadists? A radical idea gains currency in Mali

19 April 2018

Bringing violent Islamist groups to the negotiating table isn’t on the Malian government’s agenda, but analysts say it might be soon

Analysis

A who’s who of insurgent groups in the Sahel
19 February 2018
The alphabet soup of acronyms that is the jihadist presence in the Sahel is increasingly hard but important to understand
Analysis

Why some Malians join armed groups
25 January 2018
Issues of governance, security, and justice hold more sway than money and “extremism”

A dozen shades of khaki: counter-insurgency operations in the Sahel
11 January 2018 Analysis
New Sahel anti-terror force: risks and opportunities
30 October 2017 Analysis
Fact file: Unfair cop – why African police forces make violent extremism worse
28 September 2017 Opinion

Feature

Six major humanitarian challenges confronting the UN General Assembly
18 September 2017
Beyond the hype over what Donald Trump will say, a host of global problems face world leaders this week in New York
Special Report

What can save Mali?
29 May 2017
Jihadist violence has spread from northern Mali to the centre. More foreign soldiers may not be the answer
Analysis

Why there’s no need to panic on UN peacekeeping cuts
24 March 2017
President Trump may want to impose swingeing cuts to UN peacekeeping missions around the globe, but it's not just up to him
Opinion

Editor’s take: Can UN peacekeeping be fixed?
4 November 2016
A Kenyan general has been blamed for the failings of the UN peace operation in South Sudan. That’s a bit unfair. Here’s why.
Analysis

Trouble in the heart of Mali
30 June 2016
A year on, the Algiers Accord is on shaky ground. But now it isn’t just the north that’s the problem.
Opinion

The dangers of a new Libyan intervention
28 March 2016
Abdelkader Abderrahmane, an independent geopolitical researcher and analyst on African security, discusses the dangerous repercussions he believes a new Libyan intervention would have for the...

Is Ivory Coast attack the new normal?
14 March 2016 News
Briefing: The new Jihadist strategy in the Sahel
4 February 2016 Feature
AQIM incident map
15 January 2016 Maps and Graphics
Militancy in Mali: conflict map
20 November 2015 Maps and Graphics
The long way round: Syrians through the Sahel
9 November 2015 Analysis
Life still hard in northern Mali, despite peace deal
4 September 2015 Analysis

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