Mali’s peace process: context, analysis and evaluation Kåre Lode (2002) From 1990 to 1996 northern Mali experienced a separatist war that degenerated along ethnic lines, tearing local communities apart. Kåre Lode introduces the historical background to the conflict as well as its dynamics and the official peace processes, including the Tamanrasset Agreement, the National Conference and the National Pact. He describes these processes’ failure to include all the relevant communities and address their needs or to bring peace. Instead, self-managed grassroots level inter-ethnic meetings were held and resulted in localized peace accords and reconciliation. These processes were then integrated into the national peace process, demobilization programme and democratization process, and created the means to address the local causes of the conflict.
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