The Malian government has formalized in recent days its desire to open a dialogue with the jihadists.
It will be entrusted to the Ministry of Religious Affairs which then entrusted the High Islamic Council of Mali (HCIM) with its implementation
"on the ground"
.
In itself, the news is not really news: both the willingness to negotiate and their reality were an extremely poorly kept secret.
In 2017, the national understanding conference, convened by then-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, resulted in a request for discussion with Iyad Ag Ghaly and Amadou Koufa, both from the Support Group for Islam and Muslims. (GSIM), a movement linked to al-Qaida.
Two years later, another meeting, the National Concertation, concluded with the same request, a sign of weariness after eight years of a never-ending conflict.
"We can bet that the National Assembly of the refoundation convened by the military in power in November will also call for dialogue"
, explains
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