Local Government in Mali
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BOTSWANA, 2017/08/30
Donald Yamamoto, who has extensive diplomatic experience in Africa inclunding two tours as a U.S. ambassador, will take office as Acting Assistant Secretary of National for Africa on 5 September. He is the second career official tapped for a senior policy position on Africa in the Trump government.Donald Yamamoto, who has extensive diplomatic experience in Africa including two tours as a U.S. ambassador, will take office as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Africa on 5 September. He is the second career official tapped for a senior policy position on Africa in the Trump administration. Senior CIA analyst Cyril Sartor was hired as senior director for Africa at the National Security Council earier this month Key Africa jobs at the Defense Department (DOD) and the U.S. Agency for International Development remain vacant.
"Having someone with Don Yamamoto's experience in that post is very significant," Mel Foote, Constituency for Africa president, told AllAfrica. "As Africa confronts a lot of challenges, we want to see responsible U.S. engagement in partnership with African governments and civil society organizations."
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MALI, 2015/08/27
Two months next a peace accord for northern Mali was signed amid fanfare, the transaction is looking extremely fragile.
The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), a coalition Touareg and Arab rebels which is a key player, has just pulled out of the peace accord's monitoring committee. The CMA announced its decision at a conference on Sunday in Bamako with representatives of the international mediation led by Algeria.
Even if the CMA has only announced a suspension, this raises fears of new violence spreading in northern Mali. The rebel coalition's decision is in turmoil at being driven from the town of Anefis in recent fighting with militia of the "Plateforme", a term that in Mali designates armed groups supporting the government in Bamako.
