Mali: a New "Charter for Peace and Reconciliation" that Divides

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In Mali, the draft of the new National Charter for Peace and Reconciliation was handed over this week to the transitional president, General Assimi Goïta. A text supposedly "to heal the deep wounds left by years of multiform crises" and "to lay the foundations for a peaceful, united and forward-looking Mali", according to the presidency. But the independenceist rebels of the North, who had not been associated, categorically reject it, as did opp…

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The Azawad Liberation Front (FLN) said the national reconciliation document presented by the Malian government does not reflect a “genuine peace process” and does not represent a genuine response to what it described as “existing injustice.” In a statement issued Thursday, the FLN added that the move is a “new maneuver” aimed at “polishing the image of a regime that lacks legitimacy.” The FLN stressed that the symbolic nature of the document, in…