All quiet on the Mali front ?

Hah !!    If only Mali had a lot of black gold  worth the West's attention instead of just having black people!!

From GlobalObservatory:
 ...The situation in Mali remains extraordinarily complicated, and reshaping the international engagement into a UN peacekeeping operation will not be easy. What are the main issues the Security Council need to consider in response to the Secretary-General’s report?

First, the UN has to take a clear position on the need to fundamentally reform the Malian military. Since March 2012, the Malian military has staged a coup, unseated the interim-president, fought internal battles, and conducted a number of documented violations of human rights against ethnic and religious minorities. Above all, why did the Malian military, when it mattered most, fail to protect the people and territorial integrity of Mali?

Just after the French invasion, Gen. Carter Ham, the head of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), made a blunt admission regarding the failure of years of US military training to instill respect for human rights in the Malian army, saying that most US training for the Malians focused on tactics, strategy, and "technical matters.".............

From DoctorsWithoutBorders:
Mali crisis update: 12th March 2013  We have been supporting medical facilities in two of the three regions in northern Mali since April 2012 to ensure access to free medical care for the vulnerable.
However, the insecure environment is preventing the medical teams from carry out activities in rural areas. Hundreds of refugees are continuing to cross the border to Mauritania every day. The emergency is not yet over for the vast majority of the population in northern Mali.
While fighting has moved towards the more southern region of Kidal, there are still inaccessible rural areas where the people are afraid to leave their houses.
"Due to the insecurity, we cannot assess the needs of those living outside the urban areas in which we are working," explains Rosa Crestani, MSF Emergency Programme Coordinator....