Le centre Mali : violences et instrumentalisation croisées / [electronic resource] Aurélien Tobie

By: Contributor(s): Language: French Series: SIPRI insights on peace and security ; 2017:5Publication details: Solna : SIPRI, 2017Description: 17 pOther title:
  • Central Mali : local perspectives and diverging narratives
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"December 2017".

La crise malienne de 2012 a d’abord semblé circonscrite aux régions du nord du pays. Mais il est dorénavant admis que le centre du Mali est lui aussi touché par la violence. Cet élargissement de la zone de crise a conduit les acteurs sécuritaires nationaux et internationaux à réévaluer progressivement leurs stratégies d’interventions mais également à revoir les analyses portant sur les facteurs profonds du conflit malien. Celui-ci révèle en effet des dynamiques qui ne correspondent pas aux grilles de lectures utilisées habituellement. L’immixtion d’acteurs djihadistes à l’intérieur de conflits intra et inter communautaires rend la compréhension de la situation au Centre Mali et les réponses à y apporter en termes de développement et de sécurité, compliquées. Basé sur des entretiens, une revue documentaire et des documents originaux, cette étude compare les différentes perspectives utilisées pour analyser le conflit en cours au centre du Mali et ses évolutions depuis la crise de 2012.

Le travail de SIPRI au Mali est financé par la coopération Suédoise au Mali.

Translated into English with title: Central Mali : local perspectives and diverging narratives

Initially, the 2012 crisis affecting Mali was understood to be primarily focused the northern regions of the country, as were the previous rebellions errupting at regular intervals since independence. However, since 2015, the central region of Mopti has called for attention, as it experienced a dramatic increase in the occurrence of violent acts targeting security forces, elected or traditional officials, market places or even schools.

This change in the geographic centre of the violence has led national and international security actors to re-assess their analysis on the root causes of the conflict affecting Mali. Central Mali revealed conflict dynamics that do not correspond to the usual grid of analysis applied to Mali’s conflicts. The emergence of Malian jihadist actors, the intra and inter community conflict dynamics, the connection of governance, development and security concern make the design of a response extremely complex.

Based on key informants interviews, a literature review and original documentation, this paper confronts the diverging narratives on the origins and drivers of the conflict in central Mali, as well as the interactions between them.

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