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- Title
THE TUAREGS' REBELLIONS IN MALI AND NIGER AND THE U.S. GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR.
- Authors
Kisangani, Emizet F.
- Abstract
Scholars have advanced the idea of environmental scarcity to explain the Tuaregs' rebellions in West Africa. However, most governments in the Sahel tend to view die Tuaregs' re bell ions as acts of terrorism so they can benefit from US assistance against its global war on terror. Using two case studies, Mali and Niger, this paper contends that the Tuaregs' rebellions are die result of not only grievances from political exclusion and die neglect of the Sahelian governments to develop die Tuaregs' zones, but also the result of fixed colonial borders that have negatively affected Tuaregs' cultural values and livelihood. The Malian and Nigerien governments should find means to resolve diese rebellions quickly because Islamic and terrorist groups are taking an active interest in the Sahel, providing social services to a large destitute population that these governments have neglected.
- Subjects
MALI; NIGER; WEST Africa; TUAREGS; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; REVOLUTIONS; SOCIAL history
- Publication
International Journal on World Peace, 2012, Vol 29, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
0742-3640
- Publication type
Article