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Title:'Plusieurs chemins': how different stakeholders at different scales in Malian society are fragmenting the State
Author:Graham(IV), Franklin Charles
Year:2012
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy (ISSN 0305-6244)
Volume:39
Issue:133
Pages:512-524
Language:English
Geographic term:Mali
Subjects:political history
ethnic conflicts
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056244.2012.711078
Abstract:The Republic of Mali, at the start of 2002, held much promise and hope in Africa as well as the international community. Ten years later, however, Mali is dividing. For too long, different stakeholders, in pursuing and defending their own interests, pulled apart the ties that united communities to the Republic of Mali, from north to south. Mali for too long was dependent on foreign investment and aid to keep the country afloat. National leaders have focused more on pleasing international donors than their own constituents, a practice that led to instability and difficulty in ending the violence in the 1990s. Finally, ethnic rivalries are a chronic problem in the country. Violence has been expressed between southern and northern groups such as the Tuareg and Arabs; between neighbouring northern groups; and even between Tuareg and Arabs themselves. If Mali is to reunite in the future it will take the participation and patience of the international community, the Malian national government, and local actors from both southern and northern Mali. Bibliogr. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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