Failure to protect democracy in Mali opened path for grave atrocities
As French troops deployed to Mali this week to push back Islamist rebels,
CDDRL Post-Doctoral Fellow Landry Signé writes in the New York Times
that the failure to restore democracy sooner has descended the country into
a devilish civil war with grave humanitarian consequences. Signé argues that
Mali's West African neighbors and the international community should have
acted earlier to restore peace and security to a country long recognized for
its democratic stability.