Mali: Information on violent conflicts between the Fulani and Bambara ethnic groups between 1984 and the present
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | MLI17894.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Mali: Information on violent conflicts between the Fulani and Bambara ethnic groups between 1984 and the present, 1 July 1994, MLI17894.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abfd18.html [accessed 31 October 2017] |
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Information on violent conflicts between the Fulani and Bambara ethnic groups from 1984 to the present is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa. The only available information on relations between these two ethnic groups deals with the relations between a small Bambara rural community and its Fulani neighbours in Mali. For details on this relationship, please refer to the attachment from Cattle, Women, and Wells.
General information dealing with violent incidents in Mali during the stated period refers to anti-government demonstrations by opposition groups, students and unions, and clashes between Tuaregs (another Muslim and nomadic group) and other Malians. Africa Research Bulletin, The Xinhua General Overseas News Service and a BBC report of 26 March 1991 give accounts of these incidents; should these documents be of interest, they can be made available.
For general background information on these two ethnic groups, their status in Malian society and the state of ethnic tolerance in Mali, please refer to the attachments from Encyclopedia of the Third World (pp. 1233-35), World Directory of Minorities (pp. 258-60) and Political Handbook of the World: 1992 (pp. 482-86). Also, Country Reports 1993 comments on the Malian government's approach to ethnic relations and the outcome of that policy. For details, please refer to page 176 of the document, which is available at your Regional Documentation Centre.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992. 4th ed. Vol. 2. Edited by George Thomas Kurian. New York: Facts on File, pp. 1232-36.
Political Handbook of the World: 1992. 1992. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, pp. 482-86.
Toulmin, Camilla. 1992. Cattle, Women, and Wells. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 20-36.
World Directory of Minorities. 1991. Edited by Minority Rights Group. London: Longman UK Group Ltd., pp. 258-60.
Additional Sources Consulted
Africa Contemporary Record: Annual Survey and Documents. Yearly.
Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.
Africa Research Bulletin: Political Series [London]. Monthly.
Amnesty International file (Mali).
Amnesty International Report. Yearly.
Country file (Mali).
L'Etat du monde. Yearly.
Human Rights in Africa. 1990.
On-line searches of news articles.
Religion in Politics. 1989.
