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A Rare Peace
August 2006 | Political Risk AnalysisSorry, you must be a subscriber to view this article in full. If you are a subscriber please login.
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Following fears of another outbreak of conflict in northern Mali, a peace deal between the Tuareg rebels and the Malian government has been brokered by Algeria. In May, Tuareg rebels had attacked an army camp in the Saharan town of Kidal, leading to concerns that secessionist violence would break out again as in the 1960s and 1990s. The text of the deal has not yet been released, although Foreign Minister Mohammed Bedjaoui has announced that 'a strong point of the accord was the respect for the territorial integrity of Mali'. A representative of the rebel group Democratic Alliance for Change,