Download This PaperMali: The Overlap and Combination of Separatist, Jihadist and Intercommunal Conflicts
Amoroso, Alessandro Mario, "Mali: The Overlap and Combination of Separatist, Jihadist and Intercommunal Conflicts" in Bellal A., The War Report. Armed Conflicts in 2018, The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (2019), 102-116.
15 Pages Posted: 22 Aug 2019 Last revised: 8 Nov 2021
Date Written: April 1, 2019
Abstract
This chapter in the War Report 2018 offers a complete overview of the several conflicts afflicting Mali in recent years. The first parttraces back the root causes of the initial Tuareg rebellion in the Northern regions, to then show the jihadist takeover of the insurgency. It provides an in-depth analysis of the planning, generation and deployment of two multinational operations, one sponsored by the African Union, the other authorised by the United Nations. It sheds light on the French intervention in Mali, first as Operation Serval and then under Operation Barkhane. Finally, it accounts for the progressive return to peace in the Northern territory, while intercommunal conflicts in the Central regions rise to the level of a separate non-international armed conflict. The second part of the chapter scrutinizes the status and legal position of each party to the conflict. Key developments in 2018 are then surveyed. The last part summarises concluded and ongoing prosecutions before the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in the Malian conflicts.
Keywords: Mali, War Report, Armed Conflict, 2018
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