This is part 2 to a round-up of interesting pieces (some related to France’s intervention in Mali, some not) I’ve found on Mali. Part 1 is available here.
General
“Crisis in Mali having far-reaching impact on rest of West Africa, warns UN envoy” – UN article
“Guide to the Crisis in Mali: Part 1” and “Part 2” – by Sasha Papazoff in La Jeune Politique
“Mali is not a Stan” – article by Laura Seay in Foreign Policy (very good response to the many pundits, especially in the US, who’ve said that Mali was going to become France’s Afghanistan)
“In Search of Monsters” – article by Stephen W Smith in the London Review of Books
“Crisis in Mali” – report by Alexis Arrieff for the Congressional Research Service (interesting in that it provides information to US Congressional offices and will impact US policy)
On the Military Intervention
“In Mali, military intervention is not enough” – article by Kofi Annan in The Guardian
“Mali Exposes Flaws in West’s Security Plans” – article by Adam Entous, Julian E Barnes and Drew Hinshaw for the Wall Street Journal (very interesting piece of what’s really going between the French and the Americans)
“French Military Intervention in Mali: It’s Legal but… Why? Part II: Consent and UNSC Authorisation” – by Theodore Christakis and Karine Bannelier on the Blog of the European Journal of International Law
On the Roots of the Conflict
“Jihad in Africa: The danger in the desert” – article in The Economist (on terrorism in Algeria and the Mali crisis)
“Analysis: The dynamics of inter-communal violence in Mali” – by IRIN News
On Human Rights
“Mali: First assessment of the human rights situation after three week conflict” – Amnesty International briefing note
On the ICC Case
“Prosecuting crimes against cultural property in Northern Mali: Why it Matters” – blog post by Jelia Sane on Justice in Conflict (an oldie but goodie)
“Cash-Strapped ICC Takes on Mali” – analysis by IRIN News
“Timbuktu’s Cultural Treasures & the ICC” – blog post by Kimberly J Curtis on the Foreign Policy Association blog