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Updated Mali map – as of May 13, 2013

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Andrew Wojtanik

It’s time to update the Mali map again… A sampling of notable occurrences in the past two months: -AQIM coordinated an attack on central Timbuktu in late March. Using a suicide bombing on the city’s outskirts as a ruse, fighters … Continue reading →

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Updated Mali map – as of March 23, 2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Andrew Wojtanik

Time to update the Mali map again! (Any excuse to combine geography with int’l affairs…) Some significant events in the past two weeks: -Islamists struck Timbuktu for the first time since they fled the city in late January. One Malian … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Mali map!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andrew Wojtanik

I’m proud to introduce today the official Notes on the Periphery “Mali map”! This map will serve as a tracker of sorts – charting (1) clashes with rebels, (2) significant towns recaptured by the French/ECOWAS intervention (or the Tuareg-led enemy-turned-ally … Continue reading →

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Mali: France vient à la rescousse (France to the rescue)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andrew Wojtanik

By the time French forces touched down in Mali on January 11, a bulwark of naysayers had already formed. The French military, while tactically adept and no stranger to West Africa, would nonetheless have trouble suppressing well-armed militants occupying northern … Continue reading →

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