The journey is not yet finished (113)

President of Mali  Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

The journey is not yet finished (113)

(Part one hundred and thirteen, 22 September 2014, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, 11:24 pm)

Climate change led to the region's poor are getting poorer, because the rainfall is thin and sparse, drought such as in Mali, Africa, so the massive marches for climate improvement campaign in the world performed at 2000 locations around the world such as in MaliThe journey is not yet finished (113)

(Part one hundred and thirteen, 22 September 2014, Depok, West Java, Indonesia, 11:24 pm)

Climate change led to the region's poor are getting poorer, because the rainfall is thin and sparse, drought such as in Mali, Africa, so the massive marches for climate improvement campaign in the world performed at 2000 locations around the world such as in Mali

The parade urged tackle global climate change

The parade in New York mentioned is the largest compared to other cities in the world

Street protests urged rapid action to tackle climate change has attracted hundreds of thousands of people in more than 2,000 locations in the world.

The parade of people to campaign for the reduction of carbon emissions, comes ahead of the UN climate meeting in New York next week.

Mali Map

In Manhattan, organizers said around 310,000 people joined the march which was also attended by UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon.

Previously, a large demonstration was also held for climate change in Australia and Europe.

"This is a planet that will be occupied by the next generation," Ban told reporters. "There is no" Plan B "because we do not have the" Planet B ".

UN Secretary General together with primate expert Jane Goodall and French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal.

New York became host to the largest protest on Sunday (21.09), followed by half of the 600,000 participants around the world, based on the information organizer.

The parade was followed by business leaders, environmentalists, celebrities including Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

UN climate change talks continue

According to the UN, climate change caused by human activity.

The climate change negotiators from 190 countries today (11/11) to start negotiations on a new global kesepekatan proposals on climate change.

The talks took place in Poland this time for two weeks.

UN expects new deal on climate change can be achieved before 2015, but progress in the negotiations is not expected to be much larger because the participants involved in the procedural debate.

The BBC's Matt McGrath reported environmental issues if any agreement is reached then the deal will not be as ambitious as the previous agreements.

"The delegates at Warsaw understood that a global agreement, complicated and must be achieved before 2015, but despite the warning appears this week on greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a record high, meeting in Poland is not likely to achieve great progress," said McGrath.

Challenged rich countries

The delegation, he added, would not develop as a result of negotiations an agreement in Copenhagen in 2009 that was considered a failure.

The focus of the talks in the Polish capital focused on countries set their own emission reduction targets to be studied by other countries.

However, one major problem that arises is the desire of developing countries to get legal protection in order to seek compensation for the impacts of climate change in the future.

"It is opposed by the rich countries," reports Matt McGrath.

Previous team of scientists who are members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said they were increasingly confident that the man is the "primary cause" of global warming.

According to the IPCC, the earth's temperature to rise since the 1950s that has never happened before for centuries.

UN: human-induced climate change

Angry man throws his feces at police officers (video) (BWNToday)

Climate change is the greatest challenge facing the world today.

The team of scientists who are members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change say they are increasingly convinced that the man is the "primary cause" of global warming.

In a recent report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says the earth's temperature to rise since the 1950s that has never happened before for centuries.

IPCC declares 95% believe humans are the main cause of global warming.

"Our scientific studies indicate that marine atmosphere and the heat, the amount of snow and ice is reduced," said Qin Dahe, one of the members that make up the IPCC report.

Bamako the capital City

"With global warming, the sea level rise and increased greenhouse gas concentrations," he added in a press conference in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, on Friday (9.27).

agreements

Another author reports the IPCC, Professor Thomas Stocker, said climate change "threatens two major resource for humans and ecosystems, soil and water".

"To boost mementum this process, I will hold a summit in September 2014 for the helm, ranging from government, business, finance, civil society and academia."

Ban Ki-moon

"Short said climate change threatens our planet, our only home," said Professor Stocker.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the latest report is useful to solve the global climate change agreement.

Therefore, he said it will hold a summit to discuss measures to be taken.

"To boost mementum this process, I will hold a summit in September 2014 for the helm, ranging from government, business, finance, civil society and academia," said the UN chief.

The IPCC report said sea levels could rise up to 82 cm before the end of this century. (Bbc)

Mali Troops

History of Mali

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The history of the territory of modern Mali may be divided into

Pre-Imperial Mali, before the 13th century

the history of the eponymous Mali Empire and of the Songhai Empire during the 13th to 16th centuries

The borders of Mali are those of French Sudan, drawn in 1890. They are artificial, and unite part of the larger Sudan region with parts of the Sahara. As a consequence, Mali is a truly multiethnic country, majority of its population consisting of a number of Mandé peoples Mande ethnicities.

The history of the country is dominated by its role in trans-Saharan trade, connecting West Africa and the Maghreb. The Malian city Timbuktu is exemplary of this; situated on the southern fringe of the Sahara and close to the River Niger it has played an important role in the trans-Saharan trade from the 13th century, with the establishment of the Mali Empire. The Mali Empire spread of Islam to Sub-Saharan Africa|became Islamic in the early 14th century, under Musa I of Mali. From that time until the 19th century, Timbuktu remained important as an outpost at the southwestern fringe of the Muslim world and a hub of the Arab slave trade.

Main article: Mali Empire

The Mali Empire was a West African empire of the Mandinka from c. 1230 to c. 1600. The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became known for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa I. The Mali Empire had many profound cultural influences on West Africa, allowing the spread of its language, laws and customs along the Niger River. It extended over a large area and consisted of numerous vassal kingdoms and provinces.

The Mali Empire began to weaken in the 15th century, but it remained dominant for much of the 15th. It survived into the 16th century, but by then had lost much of its former strength and importance.[citation needed]

Songhai Empire[edit]

The Mali Empire began to weaken by the mid 14th century. The Songhai took advantage of this and asserted their independence. The Songhai made Gao their capital and began an imperial expansion of their own throughout the western Sahel. And by 1420, Songhai was strong enough to exact tribute from Masina. The emerging Songhai Empire and the declining Mali Empire co-existed during much of the later 14th and throughout the 15th century. In the later 15th century, control of Timbuktu shifted to the Songhai Empire. They were also technologically advanced.

Mali People

After the empires, 1591–1892[edit]

The Songhay empire eventually collapsed under the pressure from the Moroccan Saadi dynasty. The turning-point was the Battle of Tondibi of 13 March 1591). Morocco subsequently controlled Gao, Timbuktu, Djenné (also seen as Jenne), and related trade routes with much difficulty until around the end of the 17th century.

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After the collapse of the Songhai Empire, no single state controlled the region. The Moroccans only succeeded in occupying a few portions of the country, and even in those locations where they did attempt to rule, their hold was weak and challenged by rivals. Several small successor kingdoms arose. the most notable in what is now Mali were:

Bambara Empire or Kingdom of Segou[edit]

Main article: Bambara Empire

Places which were under the control of the Bambara Empire

The Bambara Empire existed as a centralized state from 1712 to 1861, was based at Ségou (also seen as Segu), and ruled parts of central and southern Mali. It existed until El Hadj Umar Tall, a Toucouleur conqueror swept across West Africa from Futa Tooro. Umar Tall's mujahideen readily defeated the Bambara, seizing Ségou itself on March 10, 1861 and declaring an end to the empire.

Mali Peoples

Kingdom of Kaarta[edit]

Main article: Kaarta

A split in the Coulibaly dynasty in Ségou led to the establishment of a second Bambara state, the kingdom of Kaarta, in what is now western Mali, in 1753. It was defeated in 1854 by Umar Tall, leader of Toucouleur Empire, before his war with Ségou.

Kenedougou Kingdom[edit]

Main article: Kénédougou Kingdom

The Senufo Kenedugu Kingdom originated in the 17th century in the area around what is now the border of Mali and Burkina Faso. In 2010 the capital was moved to Sikasso. It resisted the effort of Samori Ture, leader of Wassoulou Empire, in 1887, to conquer it, and was one of the last kingdoms in the area to fall to the French in 1898.

Maasina[edit]

Main article: Massina Empire

An Islamic-inspired uprising in the largely Fula Inner Niger Delta region against rule by Ségou in 1818 led to establishment of a separate state. It later allied with Bambara Empire against Umar Tall's Toucouleur Empire and was also defeated by it in 1862.

Toucouleur Empire[edit]

Main article: Toucouleur Empire

This empire, founded by El Hadj Umar Tall of the Toucouleur peoples, beginning in 1864, ruled eventually most of what is now Mali until the French conquest of the region in 1890. This was in some ways a turbulent period, with ongoing resistance in Massina and increasing pressure from the French.

Wassoulou Empire[edit]

Main article: Wassoulou Empire

The Wassoulou or Wassulu Empire was a short-lived (1878–1898) empire, led by Samori Ture in the predominately Malinké area of what is now upper Guinea and southwestern Mali (Wassoulou). It later moved to Côte d'Ivoire before being conquered by the French.

French Troops in Mali

French colonization, 1892–1960[edit]

Mali fell under French colonial rule in 1892.[1] In 1893, the French appointed a civilian governor of the territory they called Soudan Français (French Sudan), but active resistance to French rule continued. By 1905, most of the area was under firm French control. French Sudan was administered as part of the Federation of French West Africa and supplied labor to France’s colonies on the coast of West Africa. In 1958 the renamed Sudanese Republic obtained complete internal autonomy and joined the French Community. In early 1959, the Sudanese Republic and Senegal formed the Federation of Mali. On 31 March 1960 France agreed to the Federation of Mali becoming fully independent.[2] On 20 June 1960 the Federation of Mali became an independent country and Modibo Keïta became its first President.

Independence, 1960 - present[edit]

Further information: Mali Federation

Following the withdrawal of Senegal from the federation in August 1960, the former Sudanese Republic became the Republic of Mali on 22 September 1960, with Modibo Keïta as president.

President Modibo Keïta, whose Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally (US/RDA) party had dominated pre-independence politics (as a member of the African Democratic Rally), moved quickly to declare a single-party state and to pursue a socialist policy based on extensive nationalization. Keïta withdrew from the French Community and also had close ties to the Eastern bloc. A continuously deteriorating economy led to a decision to rejoin the Franc Zone in 1967 and modify some of the economic excesses.

One-party rule[edit]

On November 19, 1968, a group of young officers staged a bloodless coup and set up a 14-member Military Committee for National Liberation (CMLN), with Lt. Moussa Traoré as president. The military leaders attempted to pursue economic reforms, but for several years faced debilitating internal political struggles and the disastrous Sahelian drought.

A new constitution, approved in 1974, created a one-party state and was designed to move Mali toward civilian rule. However, the military leaders remained in power. In September 1976, a new political party was established, the Democratic Union of the Malian People (UDPM), based on the concept of democratic centralism. Single-party presidential and legislative elections were held in June 1979, and Gen. Moussa Traoré received 99% of the votes. His efforts at consolidating the single-party government were challenged in 1980 by student-led anti-government demonstrations that led to three coup attempts, which were brutally quashed.

The political situation stabilized during 1981 and 1982, and remained generally calm throughout the 1980s. In late December 1985, however, a border dispute between Mali and Burkina Faso over the mineral rich Agacher strip erupted into a brief war. The UDPM spread its structure to Cercles and Arrondissements across the land.

Shifting its attention to Mali's economic difficulties, the government approved plans for some reforms of the state enterprise system, and attempted to control public corruption. It implemented cereal marketing liberalization, created new incentives to private enterprise, and worked out a new structural adjustment agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But the populace became increasingly dissatisfied with the austerity measures imposed by the IMF plan as well as their perception that the ruling elite was not subject to the same strictures. In response to the growing demands for multiparty democracy then sweeping the continent, the Traoré regime did allow some limited political liberalization. In National Assembly elections in June 1988, multiple UDPM candidates were permitted to contest each seat, and the regime organized nationwide conferences to consider how to implement democracy within the one-party framework. Nevertheless, the regime refused to usher in a full-fledged democratic system.

Tuareg Troops

However, by 1990, cohesive opposition movements began to emerge, including the National Democratic Initiative Committee and the Alliance for Democracy in Mali (Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali, ADEMA). The increasingly turbulent political situation was complicated by the rise of ethnic violence in the north in mid-1990. The return to Mali of large numbers of Tuareg who had migrated to Algeria and Libya during the prolonged drought increased tensions in the region between the nomadic Tuareg and the sedentary population. Ostensibly fearing a Tuareg secessionist movement in the north, the Traoré regime imposed a state of emergency and harshly repressed Tuareg unrest. Despite the signing of a peace accord in January 1991, unrest and periodic armed clashes continued.

Transition to multiparty democracy[edit]

As in other African countries, demands for multi-party democracy increased. The Traoré government allowed some opening of the system, including the establishment of an independent press and independent political associations, but insisted that Mali was not ready for democracy. In early 1991, student-led anti-government rioting broke out again, but this time it was supported also by government workers and others. On March 26, 1991, after 4 days of intense anti-government rioting, a group of 17 military officers, led by Amadou Toumani Touré, arrested President Traoré and suspended the constitution. Within days, these officers joined with the Coordinating Committee of Democratic Associations to form a predominantly civilian, 25-member ruling body, the Transitional Committee for the Salvation of the People (CTSP). The CTSP then appointed a civilian-led government. A national conference held in August 1991 produced a draft constitution (approved in a referendum January 12, 1992), a charter for political parties, and an electoral code. Political parties were allowed to form freely. Between January and April 1992, a president, National Assembly, and municipal councils were elected. On June 8, 1992, Alpha Oumar Konaré, the candidate of ADEMA, was inaugurated as the president of Mali's Third Republic.

Mujwa Troops

In 1997, attempts to renew national institutions through democratic elections ran into administrative difficulties, resulting in a court-ordered annulment of the legislative elections held in April 1997. The exercise, nonetheless, demonstrated the overwhelming strength of President Konaré's ADEMA party, causing some other historic parties to boycott subsequent elections. President Konaré won the presidential election against scant opposition on May 11. In the two-round legislative elections conducted on July 21 and August 3, ADEMA secured over 80% of the National Assembly seats.[citation needed][3]

2000s[edit]

Konaré stepped down after his constitutionally mandated limit of two terms and did not run in the 2002 elections. Touré then reemerged, this time as a civilian. Running as an independent on a platform of national unity, Touré won the presidency in a runoff against the candidate of Adema, which had been divided by infighting and suffered from the creation of a spin-off party, the Rally for Mali. Touré had retained great popularity because of his role in the transitional government in 1991–92. The 2002 election was a milestone, marking Mali's first successful transition from one democratically elected president to another, despite the persistence of electoral irregularities and low voter turnout. In the 2002 legislative elections, no party gained a majority; Touré then appointed a politically inclusive government and pledged to tackle Mali’s pressing social and economic development problems.[4]

2010s[edit]

Further information: Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)

In January 2012 an insurgency has begun, led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).[5]

On 22 March 2012, it was reported that rebel troops from the military appeared on state TV announcing they had seized control of the country.[6] Unrest over the president's handling of the conflict with the rebels was a motivating force. The former President was forced into hiding.

However, due to the 2012 insurgency in northern Mali, the military government controls only the southern third of the country, leaving the north of the country (known as Azawad) to MNLA rebels. The rebels control Timbuktu, 700 km from the capital.[7] In response, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) froze assets and imposed an embargo, leaving some with only days of fuel. Mali is dependent on fuel imports trucked overland from Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire.[8]

Tuareg Troops

As of July 17, 2012, the Tuareg rebels have since been pushed out by their allies, the Islamists, Ansar Dine, and Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (A.Q.I.M.).[9] An extremist ministate in northern Mali is the unexpected result from the collapse of the earlier coup d'etat by the angry army officers.[9]

Refuges in the 92,000-person refugee camp at Mbera, Mauritania, describe the Islamists as "intent on imposing an Islam of lash and gun on Malian Muslims."[9] The Islamists in Timbuktu have destroyed about a half-dozen venerable above-ground tombs of revered holy men, proclaiming the tombs contrary to Shariah.[9] One refugee in the camp spoke of encountering Afghans, Pakistanis and Nigerians.[9]

Ramtane Lamamra, the African Union's peace and security commissioner, said the African Union has discussed sending a military force to reunify Mali and that negotiations with terrorists had been ruled out but negotiations with other armed factions is still open.[9]

On 10 December 2012 Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra was arrested by soldiers and taken to a military base in Kati.[10] Hours later, the Prime Minister announced his resignation and the resignation of his government on national television.[11]

On 10 January 2013, Islamist forces captured the strategic town of Konna, located 600 km from the capital, from the Malian army.[12] The following day, the French military launched Opération Serval, intervening in the conflict.[13]

By 8 February, the Islamist-held territory had been re-taken by the Malian military, with help from the international coalition. Tuareg separatists have continued to fight the Islamists as well, although the MNLA has also been accused of carrying out attacks against the Malian military.[14]

A peace deal between the government and Tuareg rebels was signed on 18 June 2013.

Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 July 2013, with a second round run-off held on 11 August.[15] Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta defeated Soumaïla Cissé in the run-off to become the new President of Mali.

The peace treaty between the Tuareg rebels and Malian Government was broken in late November 2013 because of fighting in the northern city of Kidal. (Continoe)