Contributions

  • Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute - Contributor
  • Army War College (U.S.). Press - Contributor

Publication

2013 - Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, Carlisle Barracks, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

21,500 words, Guess

Page Count

86 pages

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Classifications

  • LCCDT551.84 .S74 2013

Alternate Titles

  • Roots of conflict and challenges to stability

Description

In March 2012, the government of Mali, one of the most touted symbols of Africa's democratic potential, fell in a military-executed coup. At the same time, a 4-decades old rebellion among Tuaregs seeking autonomy or independence reached new heights fueled by weapons from Libya and the belief that the Arab Spring could extend to northern Mali. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and their allies were quick to capitalize on the increasing chaos in a territory characterized by lack of government control and poverty and seized the major cities in the north. While French-led military intervention restored security to cities in the north, the underlying social, economic and political issues of the crisis remain.

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