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▸Sahel MC

Mali — Geopolitical Perspective and Forecast

Multi-actor reading of the 25 April offensive: regional interest convergence and trajectories to 2030.

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Moderate confidence

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Analysis that moves past the binary junta-versus-armed-groups reading to place May 2026 within a wider regional influence competition. Judgements annotated by confidence.

  • Moroccan logic: the Atlantic access corridor and the Nigeria–Morocco gas pipeline.
  • Algerian repositioning after 25 April and what it reveals.
  • China as the absent actor: reading the silence as an analytical signal.
  • Four forecast configurations for 2026–2030, in descending order of probability.

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