IHT Rendezvous: All Hail Azawad
 

Mali may be facing protracted partition. It is unclear whether its ill-equipped, demoralized army has the wherewithal to reclaim any ground in the secessionist north. Whether a viable Tuareg state will emerge depends on the junta's response and the rebels' divisions. Read Frank Jacobs's dissection of the situation on Opinionator»

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