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The agreement, signed in 2015, has long been considered essential for stability in the country.
The ruling junta in Mali made the announcement Thursday evening “Terminated, with immediate effect”The landmark Algiers accord, signed in 2015 with independence groups in the country’s north, has long been seen as essential to stabilizing the country.
The junta called “Changing Posture of Certain Signatory Groups”But even that “Hostility and exploitation of the agreement by the Algerian authorities, whose country is the leader of the mediation”.A press release read on state television by the spokesman for the military-installed government, Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, suggests.
“Direct Inter-Malian Dialogue”
The agreement was already considered a dud since hostilities resumed in 2023 against the central state and the Malian army by mainly Tuareg independence groups from the north following the withdrawal of the United Nations mission (MINUSMA). Junta after ten years of presence.
The agreement received a very serious additional blow earlier in the year when the head of the junta, Col. Asimi Goita, announced the establishment of an organization during his New Year’s greetings. “Direct Inter-Malian Dialogue” for “Prioritize national ownership of the peace process”. Govt “Notes the total invalidity of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali as a result of the Algiers Process signed in 2015, and therefore, announces its end with immediate effect”A press release was read out on Thursday evening.
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