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President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali has formally resigned as part of a deal with coup leaders to end the crisis gripping the West African state.
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Posted on Thursday 12 April 2012 - 10:20 AfricaNews Monitoring Team with files from BBC Mali's Dioncounda Traore was sworn in as interim president of the West African country on Thursday after leaders of a March 22 coup agreed to hand back power to civilians. Traore, previously the speaker of the national parliament, was sworn in by Supreme Court President Nouhoum Tapily at a brief ceremony in the capital Bamako.
ECOWAS lifts sanction on Mali Posted on Wednesday 11 April 2012 - 11:56 Buya Jammeh, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, Senegal The Economic Community of West African States has lifted sanctions against Mali, saying it is convinced the leaders of a military coup are committed to restoring constitutional rule. ECOWAS communications director Sonny Ugoh said the military's efforts have been 'sufficiently strong,' but that the international community stands ready to 'react appropriately' if the deal breaks down. “We want to believe that the military junta can be trusted, and on that basis we have lifted the sanctions. And it would be dangerous for them to renege on their commitment to ECOWAS because I can't possibly see how a member state can live in isolation of its neighbours that's not possible, particularly against the background of the political, the economic and the financial sanctions,” he stated.
Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure submitted his resignation Sunday, weeks after being toppled by the coup. He said he stepped down without pressure and out of love for the country. The former Malian leader is said to be in exile in Dakar, Senegal.
“I think the decision taken by ECOWAS and the international community is the best. It's necessary that Mali continues in the provisions of its constitution of February 1992. As a consequence, I think it's normal and I do it without any pressure at all and I do it in good faith and most of all for the love I have for this country.”
Under a deal reached Friday, former Malian speaker of parliament Dioncounda Traore will serve as president with a transitional government until elections are held. Mr Traore is expected to be sworn in as caretaker president this week.
ECOWAS pledged to help Mali fight the Tuareg rebels who have seized much of the country's north and proclaimed an independent state there following the military coup.
The coup leaders who justified their takeover by denouncing what they said was the former government's ineffectual campaign to suppress the Tuareg rebellion. The junta further rejected the intervention of foreign troops in the rebel-held north - and hinted at his continuing role in ruling the country.
A U.S. State Department spokeswoman said the United States commends the leadership of ECOWAS for brokering the agreement with the junta leaders and fully restoring civilian rule. She said the United States will watch in the coming days to see if enough progress has been made to restore aid.
The U.S. State Department evacuated all Peace Corps volunteers Sunday and offered all non-essential diplomatic personnel flights out of the country. U.S. officials say the situation in Mali remains fluid and unpredictable. It also says there is a threat of kidnappings and attacks against Westerners in the north.
Mali's neighbours all criticized both the military coup and the new “Azawad” state declared by the northern rebels, who got help from the radical Islamist group Ansar Dine.
The self-styled National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad controls the cities of Timbuktu, Gao and other areas in the north. It declared its independence Friday and said its military campaign is over. The heavily armed Tuaregs, formerly based in Moammar Gadhafi's Libya, began fighting in northern Mali in January.
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The root of this conflict is at the Scramble For Africa, just like all the other ethnic conflicts. When Europeans split up traditional African territories into modernday territories.
The Scramble for Africa: Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa
quote:Originally posted by Anglo_Pyramidologist: ^ The retard above hasn't yet realised race is far more than about mere skin pigmentation.
The Tuareg in craniometric analyses cluster with Caucasoids, they are predominantly leptorrhine-mesorrhine, and orthognathic. Their hair texture is also Caucasoid, not nappy haired like Negroids.
Says who? A Euronut's website? Elongated hamites and other Watusi-related people don't cluster with YOU! Just remember what Ricaut and Waelkens said.
I like to see that paper of what he claims, for myself. If trully so, they probably took some heave admixed Saqaliba or Mamluk descents, or even on of those colonialist descendants from Spain, Portugal or Turkey, in Libya.
You know how these extreme racist work. Trying to show the world their miraculous history. Now claiming Tuaregs are caucasiods. lol
I like to see how a bunch of white women managed to go by foot from extreme cold Europe all the way to Sahara and Sahel Africa. And mix with the indigenous populations.
The Sahel-Sahara region is at least the size of Europe. lol
The landmass Tuaregs cover is at least as large as the entire of South Europe.
Even funnier it get's when you break it down. And see how they claim they have spread into the belt from East to West, from Northeast all the way up to the Sahel. And mixed with everybody their. A landmass as large as Europe itself. Yet, there is no memory of such event by the people. lol
Or another analogy,
The Sahara desert covers around 9,000,000 square kilometers and the overall area is as large as the continental United States. The Sahara desert also has the reputation of being the world's largest hot desert!
This hot desert has annual temperatures that can exceed 30 degrees C. Some of the hottest months have temperatures exceeding 50 degrees C. In the winters, the temperatures drop below freezing points. This itself explains the diverse climates of this hot desert.
No these Euronuts are talking about the hamitic i.e. Eurafrican theory in which black people with long heads and narrow noses that have lived in the Capsian and East African Capsian were somehow more related to Europeans than other blacks in Africans.
Even more of an irony is the fact tha most people living on the coast of north Africa today are not dolichocranic like the Tuareg and the many east Africans or even Sahelians. They are much like their Eurasiatic and NORDIC kinsmen mesocranic peoples which leaves out the possibility which in itself leaves out the plausible that they are connected with ancient Mechtoids and Capsians. WHICH THEY JUST DON'T GET!
They want to make North Africans into something they are not which is pure descendants of ancient Bronze Age or neolithic peoples of North Africa. Like I said if you can not even find a Berber tribe that is referred to as fair complexioned in the Maghreb in the 15th century how is one going to pretend they existed back in the period of the Capsians.
The Egyptian paintings also DO NOT depict any fair-skinned people in Libya really until the Intermediate period and even that is arguable since the paint is coming off a lot of them.
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Mali: UNESCO chief appeals for protection of Timbuktu’s documentary heritage
16 April 2012 – Reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has led the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to appeal to all relevant authorities to be on the alert against any attempt to traffic items stolen from these centres.
“This heritage must be protected,” Director-General Irina Bokova stressed in a press release issued yesterday in Paris, calling for “concerted action,” including from Mali’s warring factions, neighbouring governments, Interpol, customs organizations, the art market and collectors.
“The citizens of Timbuktu have rallied to protect these ancient documents but they need our help,” she added.
Timbuktu’s centres contain ancient documents dating back to the city’s period of glory between the 12th and 15th centuries that bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning. They cover a vast range of subjects, including religious studies, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature and poetry.
Ms. Bokova has contacted national authorities in countries bordering Mali to remind them of their obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Mali is also bound by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
A World Heritage site since 1988, Timbuktu was taken over by rebels on 1 April following their swift progression in the northern part of Mali. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels that resumed in January has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bokova had stressed that the Timbuktu site, along with its 16 cemeteries and mausolea, are “essential to the preservation of the identity of the people of Mali and of our universal heritage.”
quote:Originally posted by Omo Baba: Mali: UNESCO chief appeals for protection of Timbuktu’s documentary heritage
16 April 2012 – Reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has led the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to appeal to all relevant authorities to be on the alert against any attempt to traffic items stolen from these centres.
“This heritage must be protected,” Director-General Irina Bokova stressed in a press release issued yesterday in Paris, calling for “concerted action,” including from Mali’s warring factions, neighbouring governments, Interpol, customs organizations, the art market and collectors.
“The citizens of Timbuktu have rallied to protect these ancient documents but they need our help,” she added.
Timbuktu’s centres contain ancient documents dating back to the city’s period of glory between the 12th and 15th centuries that bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning. They cover a vast range of subjects, including religious studies, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature and poetry.
Ms. Bokova has contacted national authorities in countries bordering Mali to remind them of their obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Mali is also bound by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
A World Heritage site since 1988, Timbuktu was taken over by rebels on 1 April following their swift progression in the northern part of Mali. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels that resumed in January has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bokova had stressed that the Timbuktu site, along with its 16 cemeteries and mausolea, are “essential to the preservation of the identity of the people of Mali and of our universal heritage.”
From what I understand the documents talk a lot about the history and secrets of ancient civilization in general.
It will be beyond pitiful if these texts which were in the process of recovery and restoration are lost.
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quote:Originally posted by Omo Baba: Mali: UNESCO chief appeals for protection of Timbuktu’s documentary heritage
16 April 2012 – Reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has led the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to appeal to all relevant authorities to be on the alert against any attempt to traffic items stolen from these centres.
“This heritage must be protected,” Director-General Irina Bokova stressed in a press release issued yesterday in Paris, calling for “concerted action,” including from Mali’s warring factions, neighbouring governments, Interpol, customs organizations, the art market and collectors.
“The citizens of Timbuktu have rallied to protect these ancient documents but they need our help,” she added.
Timbuktu’s centres contain ancient documents dating back to the city’s period of glory between the 12th and 15th centuries that bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning. They cover a vast range of subjects, including religious studies, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature and poetry.
Ms. Bokova has contacted national authorities in countries bordering Mali to remind them of their obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Mali is also bound by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
A World Heritage site since 1988, Timbuktu was taken over by rebels on 1 April following their swift progression in the northern part of Mali. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels that resumed in January has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bokova had stressed that the Timbuktu site, along with its 16 cemeteries and mausolea, are “essential to the preservation of the identity of the people of Mali and of our universal heritage.”
From what I understand the documents talk a lot about the history and secrets of ancient civilization in general.
It will be beyond pitiful if these texts which were in the process of recovery and restoration are lost.
Sounds like another multi-pronged attack on African people, history and culture. Soon all of these documents will wind up as part of "Arab" north Africa and the African component will be lost. First they attack the indigenous Black Libyans then they magically by some strange chance wind up in Timbuktu of all places and of course the manuscripts being there were just a coincidence. Look how far Mali is from Libya. If this was a "spill over" from Libya then why isn't anything going on in Niger or Chad which are right next to Libya? I smell a rat, ie. international collusion and desire to loot, aided by local traitors and mercenaries of course....
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Very sad to see African people fighting and killing each others over foreign religions.
Very sad to see African people divided along European/Middle Eastern ethnics and religious lines. Even if its through elitists purpose. Its ridiculous and self-defeating. We must reject those foreign imposed religions and promote the knowledge of our ancestral religions.
Ancestral religions are the foundation of all the great civilization in human history. Like the Ancient Kemet/Egyptian civilization, the great Ancient Greek civilization, Ancient Rome, Chinese Dynasties, Great Zimbabwe, Celtic civilization, Aztec, etc. Abrahamic religions are very intolerant toward other people religions, God, deities and belief. Contrary to all other ancestral religions in the world. Labeling them pagans or idol worshipers. Christianity was imposed on Roman people by Constantine for political purpose only at the very late/End of the Roman period. The foundation of the great Roman Republic and Roman Empire was already laid centuries before. A case can be made that it lead to the downfall of the Roman Empire. Leading Europe to the horrible Middle Ages. Only the rejection of the Christian religion for science has led Europe out of the Middle Ages and currently dominate the "religious" thinking in the Western world. Science and mathematics based on Ancient Kemet and the great Ancient Greek civilization!!
We must decolonize our mind African people! We must liberate our mind African people! Ancestral religion unite every African people and all people in the world!
For Ancestral religions followers (from Shinto religion to Buddhism passing by African traditional religions) it is perfectly normal for each people in the world to have their own knowledge and path toward God through their ancestors.
We must liberate our minds!!
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quote:Originally posted by Omo Baba: Mali: UNESCO chief appeals for protection of Timbuktu’s documentary heritage
16 April 2012 – Reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has led the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to appeal to all relevant authorities to be on the alert against any attempt to traffic items stolen from these centres.
“This heritage must be protected,” Director-General Irina Bokova stressed in a press release issued yesterday in Paris, calling for “concerted action,” including from Mali’s warring factions, neighbouring governments, Interpol, customs organizations, the art market and collectors.
“The citizens of Timbuktu have rallied to protect these ancient documents but they need our help,” she added.
Timbuktu’s centres contain ancient documents dating back to the city’s period of glory between the 12th and 15th centuries that bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning. They cover a vast range of subjects, including religious studies, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature and poetry.
Ms. Bokova has contacted national authorities in countries bordering Mali to remind them of their obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Mali is also bound by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
A World Heritage site since 1988, Timbuktu was taken over by rebels on 1 April following their swift progression in the northern part of Mali. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels that resumed in January has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bokova had stressed that the Timbuktu site, along with its 16 cemeteries and mausolea, are “essential to the preservation of the identity of the people of Mali and of our universal heritage.”
From what I understand the documents talk a lot about the history and secrets of ancient civilization in general.
It will be beyond pitiful if these texts which were in the process of recovery and restoration are lost.
Sounds like another multi-pronged attack on African people, history and culture. Soon all of these documents will wind up as part of "Arab" north Africa and the African component will be lost. First they attack the indigenous Black Libyans then they magically by some strange chance wind up in Timbuktu of all places and of course the manuscripts being there were just a coincidence. Look how far Mali is from Libya. If this was a "spill over" from Libya then why isn't anything going on in Niger or Chad which are right next to Libya? I smell a rat, ie. international collusion and desire to loot, aided by local traitors and mercenaries of course....
An article backing up my point:
quote: DJENNE-DJENNO, one of the best-known archaeological sites in sub-Saharan Africa, spreads over several acres of rutted fields near the present city of Djenne in central Mali. The ruts are partly caused by erosion, but they’re also scars from decades of digging, by archaeologists in search of history and looters looking for art to sell.
When I was there last fall, a few archaeology students were in evidence. These days, with Mali in the throes of political chaos, it’s unlikely that anyone is doing much work at all at the site, though history and art are visible everywhere. Ancient pottery shards litter the ground. Here and there the mouths of large clay urns, of a kind once used for food storage or human burial, emerge from the earth’s surface, the vessels themselves still submerged.
Now one thing that is odd is how this site is so famous but hasn't been excavated yet. Why not? Sounds like somebody is covering up something. And of course having a rebellion and turmoil is an easy way to provide cover for looting and hiding history.
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ECOWAS countries like Nigeria,Ghana,Senegal, Cameroun need to send their armies in Mali to defeat al qaeda and the tribalist Touareg.The balkanisation of Africa into many tribal state will not work.The Mande and Dogon people of Mali are great people in world history they deserve protection.The Ugandan army by itself defeated the alqaeda bastard of Somali,the Nigerian can do the same in Mali.
Mali ex president the retired general Alpha Oumar Konare was very stupid.He allow the Tuareg mercenary of murdered Libyan pres M Kaddafi to enter Mali with their weapon.In the contrary The president of Niger ask the Tuareg to disarm before entering Niger.The Tuareg mercenary of Kadafi were better arm then the Malian army because the ex Malian pres general A O Konare fail to upgrade is army infantry equipment after 12 years in power.
The Timbuktu ancient libraries need to be protected from the crazy alqaeda terrorist that are destroying tomb.
Yes AmunRa African people need to returned to their ancestral religion of Neterism, Orisha, Voodoo, Gnosticism. The European religion of Judaisme, Christianity and Islam are Euro weapons of mass destruction, conquest, enslavement,control and deception.
quote:Originally posted by mena7: ECOWAS countries like Nigeria,Ghana,Senegal, Cameroun need to send their armies in Mali to defeat al qaeda and the tribalist Touareg.The balkanisation of Africa into many tribal state will not work.The Mande and Dogon people of Mali are great people in world history they deserve protection.The Ugandan army by itself defeated the alqaeda bastard of Somali,the Nigerian can do the same in Mali.
Mali ex president the retired general Alpha Oumar Konare was very stupid.He allow the Tuareg mercenary of murdered Libyan pres M Kaddafi to enter Mali with their weapon.In the contrary The president of Niger ask the Tuareg to disarm before entering Niger.The Tuareg mercenary of Kadafi were better arm then the Malian army because the ex Malian pres general A O Konare fail to upgrade is army infantry equipment after 12 years in power.
The Timbuktu ancient libraries need to be protected from the crazy alqaeda terrorist that are destroying tomb.
Yes AmunRa African people need to returned to their ancestral religion of Neterism, Orisha, Voodoo, Gnosticism. The European religion of Judaisme, Christianity and Islam are Euro weapons of mass destruction, conquest, enslavement,control and deception.
I AGREE.
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quote:Originally posted by Omo Baba: Mali: UNESCO chief appeals for protection of Timbuktu’s documentary heritage
16 April 2012 – Reports that rebels have over-run and looted centres containing thousands of ancient books and documents in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu has led the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to appeal to all relevant authorities to be on the alert against any attempt to traffic items stolen from these centres.
“This heritage must be protected,” Director-General Irina Bokova stressed in a press release issued yesterday in Paris, calling for “concerted action,” including from Mali’s warring factions, neighbouring governments, Interpol, customs organizations, the art market and collectors.
“The citizens of Timbuktu have rallied to protect these ancient documents but they need our help,” she added.
Timbuktu’s centres contain ancient documents dating back to the city’s period of glory between the 12th and 15th centuries that bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning. They cover a vast range of subjects, including religious studies, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature and poetry.
Ms. Bokova has contacted national authorities in countries bordering Mali to remind them of their obligations under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. Mali is also bound by the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
A World Heritage site since 1988, Timbuktu was taken over by rebels on 1 April following their swift progression in the northern part of Mali. Fighting between Government troops and Tuareg rebels that resumed in January has forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.
Earlier this month, Ms. Bokova had stressed that the Timbuktu site, along with its 16 cemeteries and mausolea, are “essential to the preservation of the identity of the people of Mali and of our universal heritage.”
From what I understand the documents talk a lot about the history and secrets of ancient civilization in general.
It will be beyond pitiful if these texts which were in the process of recovery and restoration are lost.
Sounds like another multi-pronged attack on African people, history and culture. Soon all of these documents will wind up as part of "Arab" north Africa and the African component will be lost. First they attack the indigenous Black Libyans then they magically by some strange chance wind up in Timbuktu of all places and of course the manuscripts being there were just a coincidence. Look how far Mali is from Libya. If this was a "spill over" from Libya then why isn't anything going on in Niger or Chad which are right next to Libya? I smell a rat, ie. international collusion and desire to loot, aided by local traitors and mercenaries of course....
An article backing up my point: DJENNE-DJENNO, one of the best-known archaeological sites in sub-Saharan Africa, spreads over several acres of rutted fields near the present city of Djenne in central Mali. The ruts are partly caused by erosion, but they’re also scars from decades of digging, by archaeologists in search of history and looters looking for art to sell.
When I was there last fall, a few archaeology students were in evidence. These days, with Mali in the throes of political chaos, it’s unlikely that anyone is doing much work at all at the site, though history and art are visible everywhere. Ancient pottery shards litter the ground. Here and there the mouths of large clay urns, of a kind once used for food storage or human burial, emerge from the earth’s surface, the vessels themselves still submerged. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/arts/design/african-art-is-under-threat-in-djenne-djenno.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&fb_source=message
Now one thing that is odd is how this site is so famous but hasn't been excavated yet. Why not? Sounds like somebody is covering up something. And of course having a rebellion and turmoil is an easy way to provide cover for looting and hiding history.
You raise an interesting point as to why the site has not been fully excavated yet. Then again the same can be said about other areas of so-called "Sub-Sahara" that are known to have archaeological sites of great interest. Still I wonder if you're being paranoid. I hear of no one who tries to "hide" African history and antiquity. The best that Euronuts are able to accomplish is white-wash such history, still as for the actual local peoples or the government to cover their own history?? I could see it if maybe they were radical Muslims who don't care about their pre-Islamic history.
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Im glad French stop Al Qaeda from conquering South Mali with their airforce.Im also dissapointed the African nation of West Africa cant protect their backyard against Al qaeda.Why dont the Nigerian, Camerounian, Ghanaian, Senegalese, Gabonese airforces bombard the Alqaeda terrorrist.Why there is no West African troops on the ground in Mali after a year.Thats a shame that in 2012 African countries have to rely on a ex colonial power like France to protect them from muslim Assassin/Hashashin bandit Alqaeda.
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