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Termination of the Algiers Accords, 2024
Mali ended the 2015 peace agreement amid renewed conflict following MINUSMA's withdrawal.
What happened
Mali terminated the Algiers Accords on 25 January 2024 amid renewed conflict with CSP-aligned Azawad forces, following MINUSMA's withdrawal and Wagner Group's deployment.[1][2]
In early 2025, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) formed as a merger of Tuareg rebel groups, continuing armed activity.[3]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: Following a 2014 ceasefire, the Algiers Accords (formally the Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali) were signed on 15 May and 20 June 2015 in Bamako, between the Malian government and the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), providing for greater local autonomy and the reintegration of former fighters into a reconstituted national army; the Malian government terminated the agreement on 25 January 2024, amid renewed open conflict with Azawad movements following the withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA and the deployment of Wagner Group forces alongside Malian troops.
- Algiers Accords (2015) (Wikipedia) link, Signing, provisions and 2024 termination sections. Source record
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Claim: Conflict between Mali's military government and Azawad movements, organised from 2023 under the Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP-DPA/CSP-PSD) coalition, re-ignited from August 2023 following MINUSMA's withdrawal, with fighting between Malian government forces (accompanied by Wagner Group personnel) and CSP-aligned forces occurring at locations including Ber (August 2023), Bourem (12 September 2023), and during a Kidal offensive (2 October-20 December 2023) in which Malian and Wagner forces captured most of the Kidal region from the CSP. This bundle does not narrate these engagements' military details.
- Tuareg Coalition Threatens Continued Instability in Northern Mali (Africa Defense Forum) link, CSP-DPA coalition and 2023 conflict renewal section. Source record
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Claim: In early 2025, the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) was founded as a merger of several Tuareg rebel groups that had fought the Malian government since 2012; on 13 June 2025, FLA fighters attacked Malian soldiers and allied forces near Anoumalane in rural Kidal Region. Around this period, Russia reorganised the Wagner Group's regional activities under the Russian state-run Africa Corps, following significant Wagner personnel losses in the region.
- Battle of Anoumalane (Wikipedia) link, FLA founding and Africa Corps sections. Source record