Mali replaces Algiers accords with new national charter for peace and reconciliation
The new charter also nullifies all previous peace agreements brokered with Algerian mediation. «This includes the Tamanrasset Agreement of 1991, the National Pact of 1992, and the Algiers Agreement for the Restoration of Peace, Security, and Development in the Kidal region of July 2006», Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga stated on Sunday.
The announcement of this official break with Algeria comes shortly after talks in Bamako between President Assimi Goïta and Rudolph Atallah, a former U.S. official in charge of counterterrorism under the Trump administration. Atallah led a delegation of security experts to the Malian capital.
Notably, Mali's transitional government had already announced its unilateral withdrawal from the Algiers Accords on January 25, 2024, just weeks after joining an initiative launched by King Mohammed VI on November 6, 2023. The Moroccan-led initiative seeks to improve access to the Atlantic Ocean for Sahel countries.
For context, King Mohammed VI hosted the foreign ministers of the Sahel Alliance on April 28, 2025. The alliance, composed of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, was established in September 2023.
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