Peace process in northern Mali back on track

SERGE DANIEL | BAMAKO, MALI - Jul 23 2008 08:50 The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. After recent flare-ups and clashes between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali, the peace process was revived this week in what is seen as a spectacular return of mediator Algeria. On Monday, Bamako and Tuareg nomad rebels fighting for more autonomy signed an agreement in Algiers that gives the opposing sides until August 15 to put their promises into action. They have committed to end attacks, free Tuareg prisoners and Malian soldiers taken hostage and demine certain areas, and agreed on the return of Tuareg refugees, but the coming three weeks will be make or break. The Tuareg are a nomadic people who have roamed the southern Sahara for centuries. They... [read full story]