12 february 2021 - 18:31:52 MTA/VAO Panafrican News Agency
Mali s peace and reconciliation committee meets in Kidal
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A meeting of the Follow-up Committee of the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement resulting from the Algiers Process (CSA), was held Thursday in the northern city of Kidal with a government delegation, signatory groups, and international mediators in attendance, PANA learned from official sources
Map of Mali. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Can Mali’s new government regain territorial control and restore personal security? For the past four months, Mali has been governed by a transition government that was set up after a military coup d’état in the summer of 2020. The international community initially condemned the coup, but it has since been forced to accept this reality, and has been encouraging Mali’s military and the transition government to advance the implementation of the 2015 Algiers peace accords.[1] Yet actions taken so far by the military and the new regime do not bode well for the future of the country, and are showing signs of weakness vis-à-vis a multitude of armed groups, including several jihadi militant organizations.