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ECOWAS: Ministerial Meeting

ECOWAS: Ministerial Meeting Mali’s request for military assistance in the north is under consideration, but it is by no means fully supported. West African Defence and Foreign ministers held talks on September 17th on the possible deployment of regional troops to Mali amid reports that Islamists destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a region under their control (see p. 19426) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is trying to broker an end to the political crisis in Mali, which has been effectively sliced in two after a putsch. “We have affirmed our willingness to support and encourage Mali in its efforts towards the legitimate regaining of its territorial integrity,” the Ivorian Foreign Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan said after the meeting. He described the task involved as “huge but not impossible.” The latest meeting came in the wake of a formal request in early September by Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré for ECOWAS military assistance to recover the occupied territory in the north and combat Islamist extremists there. Traoré’s request for assistance made it clear that “the deployment of active military forces” would not be needed in the capital Bamako. Mali insists that the West African troops must http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 Wiley Subscription Services
ISSN
0001-9844
eISSN
1467-825X
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-825X.2012.04676.x
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Abstract

Mali’s request for military assistance in the north is under consideration, but it is by no means fully supported. West African Defence and Foreign ministers held talks on September 17th on the possible deployment of regional troops to Mali amid reports that Islamists destroyed the tomb of a Muslim saint in a region under their control (see p. 19426) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is trying to broker an end to the political crisis in Mali, which has been effectively sliced in two after a putsch. “We have affirmed our willingness to support and encourage Mali in its efforts towards the legitimate regaining of its territorial integrity,” the Ivorian Foreign Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan said after the meeting. He described the task involved as “huge but not impossible.” The latest meeting came in the wake of a formal request in early September by Mali’s interim President Dioncounda Traoré for ECOWAS military assistance to recover the occupied territory in the north and combat Islamist extremists there. Traoré’s request for assistance made it clear that “the deployment of active military forces” would not be needed in the capital Bamako. Mali insists that the West African troops must

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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