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Like other parts of Africa Mali has been a colony of France

Like other parts of Africa Mali has been a colony of France in 1960 the country declared itself independent and appointed a dictator a few years later named Moussa Traoré The country operated as a dictatorship for about twenty years but then the demand for a multi party system began to emerge and Traoré was allowed to resign during a 1991 military revolution During the following year the first people elected president of Mali ruled the country The concept of independence is new for Mali and the people of the country they want more changes a divided population that starts what is coming to be the historical beginning of the conflict that took place in 2012 One unit of Mails population called them self s for Tuareg and they lived mostly in Azawad northern Mali The Tuaregs are a nomadic people that what to settle down and therefore fought for self governing and to become their own country Kone 2017 The governance of Mali did not approve and conflicts grew out from dissatisfaction between the two parties The years went by and the conflict continued Amadou Toumani Touré became president and had to lead the country through a time of revolt in 2007 also caused by Tuareg This time they wanted to take part in the economic development that was ongoing in

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