Mali's junta announced yesterday the end of a 2015 peace agreement with armed separatist groups. Should fighting intensify, it’s critical that the warring parties abide by international humanitarian law the laws of war and protect civilians against dangers arising from military operations. In a statement read on national television, Col. Abdoulaye Maïga, spokesperson for the Malian military government, ascertained the “absolute inapplicability” of the peace agreement due to other signatories’