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Despite quiet week, Mali faces unprecedented challengesF

Posted On 4 December 2014

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MEA Risk’s Critical Incidents Tracker reports that despite a relatively quiet week (ending November 30th, 2014), the Sahelian nation of Mali is facing a series of challenges that promise to make governance a very difficult task. From a stability perspective, the country’s CIncidents Index remains dangerously high at 2.54/5.0, maintaining the country as an Extreme High Risk Zone. However, the CIncidents Index dropped from the previous week of 2.62. The lowering of the numbers is a function of decreasing number of critical incidents by 23.5%, and a reduction of fatalities from 8 to 4.

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