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Socio-political Turmoil in Mali: The Public Debate Following the Coup d’État on 22 March 2012

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  • Sten Hagberg
  • Gabriella Körling

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During the night between 21 and 22 March 2012, a group of young military officers overthrew Mali’s president, Amadou Toumani Touré. The group justified the coup by citing the inability of the regime to both deal with the crisis in the North and provide the army with the appropriate material and manpower to defend the national territory. The coup plunged Mali into violence, and caused a de facto partition of the country. The socio-political turmoil pitting different political and armed factions against each other has continued unabated and has been accompanied by intense mass media debates. In this report we focus on the Malian public debate. By looking at the political class, the international community, and the partition of the country, we analyse representations and stereotypes prevailing in this debate.

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  • Sten Hagberg & Gabriella Körling, 2012. "Socio-political Turmoil in Mali: The Public Debate Following the Coup d’État on 22 March 2012," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 47(2-3), pages 111-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:gig:afjour:v:47:y:2012:i:2-3:p:111-125
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