LA RESOLUTION POLITIQUE DE LA CRISE MALIENNE DE 2012 PAR LA COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE DES ETATS DE LAFRIQUE DE LOUEST (CEDEAO)

The armed conflict constitutes one of the greatest obstacles to development in Africa in general and in the West African sub-region in particular. ECOWAS, which is one of the sub-regional organizations whose mission is to prevent or resolve these conflicts, seems to be sometimes ineffective, especially with regard to the outbreak of the Malian armed conflict in 2012. The aim of this study is to evaluate the mission of resolving this Malian crisis by ECOWAS. The documentary analysis made it possible to define the context of the Malian armed conflict, the intervention of the mission of the sub-regional organization and its limits. The results of the research indicate that ECOWAS, which should play the role of peacekeeper, seems to be failing in its mission since the proposed solution to the Malian crisis will come later from France, the former metropolis, through the military operation serval.