In Mali, the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement remains a debate subject, and its implementation is a matter of concern to even the international community, which is however, a guarantor. The populations, especially young people, are not sufficiently imbued with the content of the document. Bloggers want to spread its content on social networks.
The Community of Mali bloggers (Doniblog) launched the project “AccordDoni” on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Its president, Abdoulaye Guindo, in his thirties, explained that the project will span six months and will cost francs 1,350,000 CFA.
The objective of the project is to disseminate and promote the Peace and Reconciliation Agreement on social networks, where the most important layer is present, namely young people, the vast majority of whom don’t know the content of this text which will determine the future of Mali. For six months, bloggers will publish a provision of the Agreement on social networks, produce videos, bulletins…
“If today there are blockages in the implementation of the Agreement, it is because the people don’t know what is in the agreement”, explains Seybou Keïta, general secretary of Appel-Mali, an association bringing together online media professionals who will accompany the community throughout the implementation of the project.
He welcomed the project and completed the task entrusted to him to make a brief presentation on the contents of the Agreement to the thirty bloggers present at this launching ceremony. It should be noted that the project to popularize the Agreement is supported by various NGOs including Youth Jeunesse Pouvoir d’Agir (JPA), the main partner, and concerns Bamako, Kayes, Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal, according to its coordinator, Hafizou Boncana Touré. Over the past year, the project has been organizing capacity building and forum activities for young people with the financial support of the European Union.
The Peace and Reconciliation Agreement, resulting from the Algiers process, was signed in May-June 2015. Two years after its signing, peace is not advancing. However, the Agreement is at the heart of the concerns of the populations who need to know more about its contents.
Boubacar Sangaré