Mali Conflict Of 2012 2013 A Critical Assessment Patterns Of Local Regional And Global Conflict And Resolution Dynamics In Post Colonial And Post Cold War Africa

Algeria, the regional hegemon, viewed the Malian crisis through its own post-colonial trauma (the 1990s civil war against Islamists). Algiers opposed any military intervention that might destabilize its southern border or empower Tuareg separatism (a threat to its own Kabylie region). Instead, Algeria pushed for negotiations, but its mediation committee (the 2012 Bamako Talks) was slow, opaque, and excluded local northern civil society. By the time Algiers convened the 2015 peace process, the crisis had metastasized.

Frustrated by the government's inability to suppress the rebellion, Captain Amadou Sanogo led a military coup in Bamako. The resulting political vacuum allowed rebels to seize the three major northern cities—Kidal, Gao, and Timbuktu—within days. Algeria, the regional hegemon, viewed the Malian crisis

: Algeria in Mali, South Africa in Lesotho, Kenya in Somalia – regional powers mediate but prioritize their own border security over robust peacebuilding. By the time Algiers convened the 2015 peace