Women have been marginalized throughout the Malian peace process, but there are opportunities to improve women’s inclusion which should be seized immediately.

Following up on last year’s interview, The Broker held another exclusive interview with Ángel Losada, the EU Special Representative for the Sahel.

The ongoing conflicts in Mali are often taken as one and portrayed in relation to religious extremism, irredentism or plain criminality, overlooking tensions arising from changing socio-political relations at the local level. This is particularly true for the Mopti region, in Central Mali, where customary and state institutions clash in an increasingly fragile context.