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Political scientist, working for @FESonline au #Mali | Fan of nerd stuff and #socialjustice | tweeting my own thoughts here
Aug 18, 2022 34 tweets 21 min read
18/08/2022: Today marks the 24months of Transition in #Mali. Happened in the last two years? Maybe a good moment to look back. A short🧵1/ Image 18/08/2020: the Conseil Nationale pour le Salut de Peuple #CNSP forces president #IBK to step down as president. The months before saw thousands of Malians demonstrating against the regime IBK on the streets of #Bamako 2/
Jul 22, 2022 10 tweets 4 min read
What can we take away from the happenings in #Kati this morning and the attacks yesterday in different parts of the #Mali?
A short thread / Since the beginning of the 2022 #FAMa is doing extensive military operations in the center of Mali. Most likely with Russian support. Official communication celebrates these missions and promises a swift end of the insecurity 2/
Jul 22, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
Shootings in Kati, not far from #Bamako in the early morning ours of friday. Unclear what's going on. Yesterday we saw several coordinated attacks on different military installations by armed groups in some regions of #Mali. This could be part of it but nothing knows yet. Looks like the presidential palace from Assimi #Goita is also under attack. This all seems not good.