Episode Notes:

The entire government of Mali has now resigned following outrage over last month's massacre of 160 villagers by a militia operating in the country. There is also speculation over the extent to which dissolution resulted from the presiding president regarded the outgoing prime minister as a rising political challenge.

Alexander Thurston, Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science and Comparative Religion at Miami University of Ohio and author of the well-known Sahel Blog, joins the Warcast to discuss the situation. (~10 minutes)

[ 0:17 ] Introduction [ 0:48 ] Details of the massacre that preceded the resignations [ 2:15 ] Why the government resigned [ 3:50 ] Details of the new government forming [ 5:26 ] Factors and missteps and factors leading up to the dissolution [ 8:24 ] Important milestones going forward