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The Malian crisis has since January 2012 been on the front-burner. It is a crisis with a complex dynamics that is impacting negatively on the socio-economic and political life of the people. As efforts towards resolving the crisis continue to evolve with rapidity, the need for the active involvement of all actors in forging a multi-stakeholder framework for resolving the crisis is very crucial. For the Malian civil society, this need for involvement is especially felt because of the highly disruptive ideas of certain actors that have been posing as civil society since the onset of the crisis. It is in order to address the specific issue of seeming division within civil society as well as to define a coherent strategy for civil society involvement in the future resolution of the crisis that a Fact Finding Mission to Mali was deployed by WACSOF and CODESRIA. The deployment of the mission therefore underscores the solidarity of the entire West African Civil Society constituency with the Malian people in this time of great need, and serves as the first step in WACSOF’s intervention towards re-energizing the Malian Civil Society.

WACSOF and CODESRIA

The purpose of this dateline is to give a brief impression of the past of Timbuktu, some hint of its broader setting, and note a few of its famous inhabitants and visitors.  It is by no means exhaustive or comprehensive.

Interesting article containing useful information about Mauritanian Manuscripts.

Saudi Aramco World, Vol. 54, No. 6 (Nov-Dec 2003)