Tuareg Separatists Reject Proposed 'Inter-Malian' Peace Dialogue

FILE — The leader of Mali's junta, Assimi Goita, arrives in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2023, for a Russia-Africa summit. Separatists rejected Goita's proposal to establish a "direct inter-Malian dialogue for peace and reconciliation," calling the proposed process "a sham." 

Separatist Tuareg forces on Tuesday rejected the idea of a direct inter-Malian dialogue for peace and reconciliation put forward by the country's military rulers, after months of hostilities between rebels and the army.