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Tuareg diaspora gathering in Europe: a roundtable on the central Sahel in Le Cormier
The 19th edition of the Tuareg Diaspora Gathering in Europe was held on August 15 and 16, 2026, in Le Cormier, Normandy. Among the highlights of this gathering, a roundtable brought together several speakers to discuss the political and security situation in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Opening by Abdoulahi Attayoub The meeting was opened…
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Niger: ethnocentrism that dare not speak its name
Whenever major political events shake the foundations of the State and its institutions, the issue of community balances resurfaces beneath the surface. The persistence of this reflex speaks volumes about the country’s difficulties in moving beyond clan-based selfishness to build citizenship finally free from ethnic considerations. The ethnocentrism of the dominant classes fatally hinders the…
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Azawad-Mali: is the UN finally waking up?
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has broken its silence to address events in Northern Mali (Azawad). It is demanding clarification following the Malian military command’s announcement that around thirty soldiers were killed and some sixty others wounded during clashes around Anéfif in early July. These battles pitted the Malian…
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The Battle of Anéfis: When weapons give way to the war of narratives
Decoding a six-day clash in northern Mali, between field realities and crossed propagandas. The capture of the strategic town of Anéfis gave rise to a dual confrontation: a violent six-day battle on the ground between the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) on one side, and…
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Northern Mali: Bloody rainy season in Anéfis, a major tactical setback for the General Staff
Decoding a historic ambush marking a critical turning point in Malian military strategy and its Russian alliances. The joint offensive led by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) against a convoy of the Malian Armed Forces stands as one of the heaviest operational failures of…
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Niger refoundation: sovereignty begins from within
To be useful and genuinely contribute to advancing our debates on the situation in Niger and the Sahel in general, these discussions must start from an inescapable reality: the ongoing recomposition of political governance systems comprises several closely intertwined dimensions that it would be futile, and even counterproductive, to try to treat in isolation. Sovereignty,…
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Niger: Azawad-Mali, neutrality as a political imperative
Failing to play a mediating role, wisdom dictates that Niger should resolutely keep its distance from the conflict opposing Bamako to Azawad. This is not merely one diplomatic option among others: it is a crucial condition for the internal cohesion of Niger itself. A conflict older than the Malian state itself The conflict currently setting…
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Azawad-Mali: when the reality principle finally catches up with the ground
Since the spectacular attack of April 25 in Mali, which targeted multiple cities simultaneously, the question of Azawad has taken a new turn. The military regime sees one of its main pillars of legitimation crumbling in the eyes of its supporters, while the political horizon darkens further. The death, during the attack on Bamako, of…
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Central Sahel: impunity, central pillar poor governance
The fight against impunity is not just one option among others: it is the prerequisite for any lasting peace The Central Sahel has become one of the regions in the world where violence is becoming commonplace most rapidly, progressively embedding itself in people’s minds as an ordinary mode of interaction between the various components of…
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Azawad-Mali – Central Sahel: arguments and counter-arguments
Some fundamental elements for a better understanding of the question of Azawad and… the Tuaregs These questions and arguments are invitations to think with rigor and honesty about a reality that state propaganda, media simplifications, and ideological stances have too long distorted. To those who reduce the question of Azawad to an exclusive Tuareg claim:…
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