Category: Ansar Dine

• The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism in the Sahel & Maghreb

  May 24, 2014

  Algeria, Ansar Dine, AQIM, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, North Africa, Senegal, U.S. Africa Strategy

  A few months ago, I published the study I had been working on during my IPA Assignment at the Center for Complex Operations at National Defense University – The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership – Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism. The study discusses the origins of TSCTP, which is rather unique by U.S. Read.

• In near term, containment may be the name of the game in Mali

  December 12, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, Somalia, Terrorism, United Nations

  If you’re following the news on Mali, you’ve no doubt seen the most recent developments in the political crisis in Bamako in which the military junta “encouraged” or “facilitated” the resignation of PM Cheikh Modibo Diarra on Tuesday. (For thorough roundup of analyses and reactions to this incident, I would refer you here). Two months ago, Read.

• UN inches closer to approving ECOWAS intervention in Mali

  October 14, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, MNLA, Tuareg

  Last week, the situation in Mali received some attention at the UN Security Council, which resulted in the council adopting Resolution 2071. However, if you look closely at the wording of the resolution, you’ll see that we’re still a ways from an ECOWAS-led military intervention in Mali. You may recall that back in July, UNSC passed Resolution 2056 which expressed the council’s readiness Read.

• Calls Continue for Military Intervention in Mali

  July 7, 2012

  Ansar Dine, AQIM, ECOWAS, Mali, MNLA, Terrorism, Tuareg

  In June, the African Union (AU) Peace & Security Council called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to endorse the deployment of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Standby Force to ensure the security of the transitional institutions; restructure and reorganize the Malian security and defense forces; and restore State authority over Read.

• History may judge the MNLA as lost opportunity

  June 6, 2012

  Ansar Dine, Mali, MNLA, Tuareg

  Times are tough for the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). Only two months ago, the Tuareg rebel group was at its peak. Having possessed the strategic initiative in the aftermath of the Malian military’s March 22 coup against Amadou Toumani Touré, the MNLA had also been well armed with machine guns, mortars, antitank and antiaircraft Read.