Actors and Factions: The Mali Theatre

French West Africa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_West_Africa

President Amadou Toumani Touré
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_Toumani_Tour%C3%A9

Tuareg Rebellion of 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg_rebellion_(2012)

National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Azawad

Amadou Sanogo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou_Sanogo

2012 Malian coup d'état > National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State, (CNRDR)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Committee_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_and_State

President Dioncounda Traoré
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioncounda_Traor%C3%A9

Ansar Dine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_Dine

Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Oneness_and_Jihad_in_West_Africa

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda_Organization_in_the_Islamic_Maghreb