Ethnic Groups In Central Mali Sign Peace Accords
Muhammad Irfan Published January 27, 2021 | 04:15 PM
Representatives from herder and farmer communities that have become ensnarled in violence sparked by attacks in central Mali have signed three "peace agreements," a Swiss mediator sai
Bamako, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Jan, 2021 ) :Representatives from herder and farmer communities that have become ensnarled in violence sparked by attacks in central Mali have signed three "peace agreements," a Swiss mediator said.
The accords brings together the Fulani, also called Peul, who mainly comprise semi-nomadic herders, and the Dogon, who are chiefly sedentary farmers.
The two groups have historic tensions over access to land and water, but the friction turned bloody after militants pushed into their region more than five years ago.
A Swiss organisation called the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) said Tuesday that three agreements were signed between January 12 and 24 after four months of mediation.
They apply to Koro, a county-sized area bordering Burkina Faso that has borne some of the worst bloodshed, it said in a statement.
Remote and dangerous, the area is only entered regularly by humanitarian groups, UN patrols and the army.
Under the accords, the signatories pledged to encourage members of their communities "to work for peace by forgiving past acts and spread messages of cohesion and calm." They also undertook to "guarantee physical integrity, the free circulation of people, goods and cattle... to respect the habits and customs" of all, and enable people of all communities to have access to villages and markets, the statement said.
Similar agreements were signed just over two years ago, but failed to stem the violence.
Central Mali, a mosaic of many communities, came under strain in 2015 when a ruthless Al-Qaeda group appeared on the scene.
It was led by an ethnic Fulani preacher named Amadou Koufa, who largely recruited among members of his own community.
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