Northern Mali fell into the hands of armed jihadists in 2012. This resulted in the launch of the French-led “Operation Serval,” designed to liberate the occupied territory. But the crisis only worsened.
The crisis in Mali is a story of failure. The failure of a state, as well as the failure of the international community. This failure created a breeding ground for jihadists. How did it come to this?
The crisis began in the early 2000s with the arrival of Algerian jihadists in Mali. At the time, their arrival did not worry those in power, who believed they would be safe if they left the jihadists alone. As problems arose, the international community looked the other way, continuing to view Mali as an example of democracy at work in Africa.
When the jihadists finally took control in the north and introduced Sharia law, France sent in the army. But without a political solution, the army was stymied. Aid money was embezzled and corruption was pervasive. As France looked for an off-ramp, the crisis in Mali crossed the border into both Burkina Faso and Niger.
In all of this, civilians are the forgotten victims. The violence in the Sahel has created more than two million refugees – a number that has quadrupled in less than two years. These refugees are settling wherever they can, as they struggle just to survive.
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Thanks very much DW team🙋♀️💖
24:40 We’ll done France 🇫🇷🤯
I know my question can’t be answered but I only wish to know had western countries not have colonized huge parts of African countries, we’d most likely never had seen this horrendous scenes, nor only in Mali, but all over the African continent. Is there any good theories how the African continents would have developed, had there not been any slave trades or colonial countries presents?
Bummer.
Less women's rights = that..
France and all other colonial countries must leave Mali and Sahara. Local people will decide who will be their leaders.
Colonialism is alive and kicking.
How USA manage to destroy middle east, north Africa, nie europe it's new target
Thank god hasina saved from wars terrorism
Sad
Africans for Africa
Who in the world allowed Hillary Clinton and NATO to "take out Khadafi"?! Look at the consequences. Yet, nobody is held responsible. Libya was a self-sufficient and modern country. Iraq was the same; its citizens had the best health care and schools in the Middle East, better than Saudi Arabia. The notion of "they're a brutal dictator and we're going to change their regime…" is extremely arrogant and short-sighted. Libya and Iraq are far worse off after the West's meddling. It's really NONE of the West's business, period. If they don't want "homosexuality" mentioned in their school books, then who are we to tell them otherwise. That's THEIR WAY.
So the start point for this was the murder of Gadafi
The malians are selfish seriously
Touching story indeed
Religion is the worst thing happened to humanity.
Un should ban tabligi jamat
One common denominator in all these terrorism is only one ideology -that is islam… something is seriously wrong with this ideology
Western fake news
I cannot stand sharia law. It’s pure extremism and barbaric. But it’s expected coming from Pakistan, that countries relationship with Islam is just as dismal. They did give the Taliban refuge as one point.
I was expecting plenty of misinformation in the documentary, But never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined the Tabligh Jamaat being blamed for terrorists in Mali
Unfortunately for DW I know who the Tabligh Jamaat is, they are one of the most unconfrontational apolitical Muslim groups in the world.
It's laughable and sad at the same time because majority of your audience will believe everything you say without questioning the veracity of your claims
My parting words to Dw is in future apply your brain's and actually broadcast what's happening in that remote part of the world instead of pushing any rubbish on to the public