US Ambassador Discusses Mali's Internal Conflicts
Former US Ambassador to Mali, Paul Formsby, described the country as huge, twice the size of France, where national identity weakens significantly when traveling north of Bamako. He noted a partnership between the Azawad Liberation Front and groups involved in the 2012 coup, highlighting a distinct identity between the north and south of Mali.
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“The conflict is very much still there and that is fundamental, which is, again, there is this partnership between the Azawad Liberation Front, which is really the same people that conducted the 2012 coup are rather fighting from the north.”
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