Nakena wrote:They should become a part of the Chad obviously.
Niger might have something to say about that.
Atakurt Oiljoks wrote:Nakena wrote:They should become a part of the Chad obviously.
Better suggestion:
SPLIT IT.
The north belongs to the Touareg, the south to the Malinké. Kindly ask the south to give full independence to the north? It's not like that border (rawn with a colonial ruler no less) has any ethno-linguistic or historic value.
With the north gone, the south can focus on restoring civilian law.
The north can do as it pleases. Institute a council of Marabouts, if they want.
That's one of those things that sounds better in theory than it likely would be in practice.
1) Where, precisely do you plan on drawing the proposed border?
2) How do plan on resolving the fact that there have been multiple northern rebel groups with very different ideological goals and very different territorial claims?
3) Having hived off the Tuareg (and possibly other northerners?) in Mali, what do you plan on doing with the Tuareg in northern Niger and southern Algeria? Leave them where they are, or join them to your new northern Mali?
4) Having set this precedent, which other African countries do you propose in your wisdom to divide on ethno-linguistic lines?
5) Without in any way underplaying the fact that the current boundaries are a legacy of European colonial empires, why ignore that northern and southern Mali have previously formed part of long-lasting and historically significant states? Notably - and slightly ironically in context - the Empire of Mali (as an aside, the brief 1959-1960 Mali Federation - which included both modern Mali and Senegal - would have functionally recreated Mansa Musa's state).