northern Mali

E729423

conflict-affected area geographic region

Northern Mali is a sparsely populated, largely desert region of Mali that has been a focal point of Tuareg rebellions, armed conflict, and peace negotiations.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Mali	5

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict-affected area ⓘ geographic region ⓘ
alternativeName	Northern regions of Mali ⓘ
borderedBy	Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Niger River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
colonialHistory	French Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	2012 Tuareg rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Malian Civil War (2012–present) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Mali conflict (2012–present) NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Mali ⓘ
demography	predominantly rural ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroup	Tuareg NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy	pastoralism ⓘ trans-Saharan trade (historical) ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arab communities ⓘ Fulani NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhai NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceIssue	limited public services ⓘ weak state presence ⓘ
hasArmedGroupActivity	Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb NERFINISHED ⓘ Ansar Dine NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State in the Greater Sahara NERFINISHED ⓘ MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalCity	Essouk NERFINISHED ⓘ Gao NERFINISHED ⓘ Timbuktu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInsurgency	Islamist insurgency ⓘ Tuareg rebellions NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Gao NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidal NERFINISHED ⓘ Timbuktu NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResource	gold ⓘ livestock ⓘ salt ⓘ uranium (suspected deposits) ⓘ
hasRiver	Niger River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubregion	Gao Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kidal Region NERFINISHED ⓘ Timbuktu Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyPartOf	Mali Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Songhai Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
humanitarianIssue	food insecurity ⓘ internal displacement ⓘ
internationalMission	MINUSMA NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Barkhane NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Serval NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Arabic (local varieties) ⓘ French (official language of Mali) ⓘ Songhai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamasheq ⓘ
locatedIn	Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahara Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahel region NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
peaceProcess	Algiers Accord (2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ various ceasefire agreements ⓘ
populationDensity	sparsely populated ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
securityIssue	banditry ⓘ kidnapping of foreigners ⓘ terrorism ⓘ
strategicImportance	counterterrorism operations ⓘ trans-Saharan routes ⓘ
terrain	desert ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
transport	limited road infrastructure ⓘ