Tune in to Al Jazeera tonight
I will be taking part in a discussion on the current situation in Mali on Al Jazeera English tonight. The program is called The Stream and will start at 19:30 GMT. Be sure to tune in!
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Little hope for a peaceful solution in North Mali
Tuareg rebels fighting for an independent Azawad. Photo CC-BY from Flickr user Magharebia. Since my last post on Mali, a lot of things happened. The coup has officially ended (though it may not be over...
View ArticleThe Stream: The crisis in Mali
I took part in The Stream yesterday, an interactive show on Al Jazeera English. Originally I was asked to take part in the live discussion via a Goolge+ hangout, but this did not work due to a crappy...
View ArticleThinkBrigade: Hunger, rebellion, coup: Mali’s crisis has its history
I’m part of the new project ThinkBrigade, which brings together reporters and citizen journalists from around the world to experiment with new forms of collaborative and interactive journalism. This is...
View ArticleWorld Politics Review: The Origins and Consequences of Tuareg Nationalism
World Politics Review has brought out a new special on “peoples without borders”. They look at Kurdish, Basque and Tuareg minorities in their respective countries, and I am happy to tell you that I...
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War is Boring: Africa Roundup (Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau)
Fighters of the MNLA in Mali. Photo via Maghrebia on Flickr. The latest installment of my regular Africa conflict roundup for warisboring.com Congo A large-scale mutiny-come-rebellion rocks the eastern...
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Waging Nonviolence: The Arab Spring you haven’t heard about — in Mauritania
Photo by Magharebia, via Wikimedia Commons You may not have heard of it, but the West African country of Mauritania has what is probably one of the most vibrant and active protest movements in the...
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World Politics Review: As Crisis Gathers, Northern Mali Needs More Than Just...
Since April, when two Tuareg rebel groups drove government forces out of northern Mali, the situation in the sparsely populated region has steadily worsened. The lightning advance of the National...
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War is Boring: Africa Round Up
DR Congo The eastern Congo is about to enter a new cycle of violence. The rebels of the new organisation “M23” only control a limited area so far, but reportedly get stronger by the day. M23 is the...
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Mali There hasn’t been much of a change in the overall situation during the last weeks: the northern half of Mali — an area about the size of France — is occupied by a range of rebel groups. While...
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