Mali - News according to Justice Info

12 January 2016 by Studio Tamani and JusticeInfo.net

War Crimes Committed in Northern Mali in 2014 and 2015, says UN Atrocities that may classify as war crimes were committed in northern Mali in May 2014 and May 2015 by armed groups and Malian security forces, according to two UN reports published in December. The armed groups reject these accus [...]

24 November 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza and Studio Tamani

Mali Truth Commission To Hear Victims in Timbuktu For its first mission outside the capital Bamako, Mali’s new Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission has chosen Timbuktu, where destruction of religious monuments three years ago have been classed as war crimes for the first [...]

23 November 2015 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.Net

This Week: Paris, Bamako Attacks Raise Same Issues The past week was again a sad one for justice. The world was shocked by a succession of violent Islamist attacks in Beirut, Paris and Bamako. In Tunisia the brutal, videotaped throat-slitting of a young shepherd shocked the whole [...]

31 October 2015 by Studio Tamani and JusticeInfo.Net

Joint patrols in view for northern Mali After four months of hesitation, the Monitoring Committee for the northern Mali peace accord seems to be entering a decisive phase. In its fifth meeting due to start early this week in Bamako, the various parties and the mediation [...]

30 September 2015 by François Sergent, Justiceinfo.net

TIMBUKTU MOSQUE CASE SENDS ICC “SIGNAL” SAYS PARIS PROFESSOR A Touareg leader from a Malian Islamist group linked to Al-Qaida, suspected of directing the 2012 destruction of mosques in Timbuktu, appeared on Wednesday before the International Criminal Court (ICC). His case is a first in seve [...]

25 August 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.Net

Mali Peace Accord Under Pressure Two months after a peace accord for northern Mali was signed amid fanfare, the deal is looking extremely fragile. The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a coalition of Touareg and Arab rebels which is a key player, has just p [...]

Opinion

22 August 2015 by Katarina Höije IRIN

What peace deal in Mali ? BAMAKO, 19 August 2015 (IRIN) - More than eight weeks after a landmark peace accord between Mali’s Bamako government and a Tuareg-led rebel coalition brought hope of an end to years of unrest, little has been done to end the fight [...]

21 June 2015 by Studio Tamani, Fondation Hirondelle, Bamako

MALI'S TOUAREG REBELS SIGN PEACE DEAL Mali’s Touareg rebels on Saturday signed in Bamako a peace accord already approved by the pro-government side and international mediators. This marked a historic date for the country, which should put an end to years of war. The a [...]

16 June 2015 by Ephrem Rugiririza, JusticeInfo.net

TRUTH COMMISION FOR MALI AFTER PEACE SIGNING? If all unfolds as planned, the Coalition of Azawad Movements (CMA), a mainly Touareg rebel movement in northern Mali, will on Saturday June 20 in Bamako add its signature to the Algiers Peace and Reconciliation Agreement. Mali’s g [...]

31 May 2015 by Julia Crawford

TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE IN MALI – IN BRIEF Context: Mali’s current crisis erupted in 2012 amid increased Islamist and al-Qaeda activity in the region, linked to events in Libya and the fall of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. In March that year, military officers deposed Preside [...]