Agreement between the Kel Inacharia and sedentary communities of the circle of Alafia, Bourem Inaly and Lafia

  • Country/entity
    Mali
  • Region
    Africa (excl MENA)
  • Agreement name
    Agreement between the Kel Inacharia and sedentary communities of the circle of Alafia, Bourem Inaly and Lafia
  • Date
    13 Mar 2019
  • Agreement status
    Multiparty signed/agreed
  • Interim arrangement
    Yes
  • Agreement/conflict level
    Intrastate/local conflict ( Mali: Dogon-Fulani and other local conflicts (2015 -) )
  • Stage
    Framework/substantive - partial
  • Conflict nature
    Inter-group
  • Peace process
    Mali Local Processes
  • Parties
    Signed [names illegible]

    For The Kel-inacharia Community                                                                       
    For the d’Iloas Community

    The faction leader                                                                                                    
    The d’Iloas village chief

    For the Hondoubomo Abba-Ber Community

    The HONDOUBOMO ABBA-BER village chief

    For the Hondoubomo Koina Community

    The HONDOUBOMO KOINA village chief:                      

    For Mar-Mare Community

    The Mar-mar faction leader:

    For the territorial groups:

    The Mayor of BOUREM-INALY:

    The Mayor of the d’ALAFIA Municipality                                                                                                                      
    The Mayor of the LAFIA rural municipality

    The President of the interim Authority of the Tombouctou Circle

    For the Representative of the State

    Witnessed, the Prefect of the Tombouctou Circle
  • Third parties
    Not signed, but listed on Page 2, Preamble:
    [...] have met in Alafia as part of the mediation undertaken for a year by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) at the request of the Parties and their nationals in Bamako, in partnership with the Tiessou network and with the support of the Regional Reconciliation Support Team (ERAR), to agree on the following:
  • Description
    In this local agreement, the representatives of the communities and of the state agree to encourage the resumption of agricultural and livestock activities, commit to peaceful cohabitation, reject violence, and finally, agree to form a 9-member monitoring committee to oversee the and report on the implementation of agreed measures.

Local agreement properties

  • Process type
    Formal structured process
    Isolated example
  • Rationale
    The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the Tiessou network mediated this conflict with the support of the Regional Reconciliation Support Team (established by the Ministry of National Reconciliation). Limited background research does not suggest a track record of signing agreements between the conflict parties.
  • Is there a documented link to a national peace process?
    No
  • Link to national process: articulated rationale
    The agreement was negotiated outside of the national-level peace process as it deals with intercommunal, local conflict. The parties to this agreement are not part of the national-level peace negotiation framework.
  • Name of Locale
    Areas in the Alafia, Lafia, and Bourem Inaly municipalities
  • Nature Of Locale
    Region
  • GPS Lat/Long (DD)
    16.688000, -2.827000
  • Participant type
    Local state actor
    International or transnational actor
    Domestic religious organisation/leader or other elder
    Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations
  • Mediator, facilitator or similar
    Mediator or similar referred to
    Mediator (references)
    Mediators: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue; Tiessou network; with the support of the Regional Reconciliation Support Team (ERAR)
    Type of mediator/facilitator/similar
    Central state actor Local community/civilian group(s)/civil society organisations International or transnational actor

Local issues

  • Ritual/prayer and process (including use of scripture)

    No specific mention.

  • Grievance List
    Page 1, Preamble, Conscious that the ban on the farming of rice fields imposed since December 2017 by nomads against sedentary people has caused a crisis and hampered almost two years of agricultural and livestock production in the area;
    Considering the threat of famine posed by the inability to farm in certain local rice and bourgou fields, especially those in the surroundings of the villages of Iloa and Hondoubomo Abbaber;
  • Cattle rustling/banditry

    No specific mention.

  • Social cover

    No specific mention.

Agreement between the Kel Inacharia and sedentary communities in the municipalities of Alafia, Bourem Inaly and Lafia

March 2019

Preamble

We, the Kel Inacharia community on one side, and the sedentary communities of:

the villages of Iloa and Hondoubomo Koina in the rural commune of Alafia, of the Mar-Mar area in the commune of Lafia, and of Hondoubomo Abbaber in the rural commune Bourem Inaly, on the other side, hereinafter referred to as the Parties;

Considering the centuries-old fraternity, cohabitation, and trade between communities living in Tiessou;

Expressing our desire for stability and cohabitation between communities;

Conscious that the ban on the farming of rice fields imposed since December 2017 by nomads against sedentary people has caused a crisis and hampered almost two years of agricultural and livestock production in the area;

Considering the threat of famine posed by the inability to farm in certain local rice and bourgou fields, especially those in the surroundings of the villages of Iloa and Hondoubomo Abbaber;

Have met in Alafia as part of the mediation undertaken for a year by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) at the request of the Parties and their nationals in Bamako, in partnership with the Tiessou network and with the support of the Regional Reconciliation Support Team (ERAR), to agree on the following:

Article 1:

The Parties commit by this Agreement to work collectively to resume agricultural and livestock production activities in the area.

Article 2:

To do so, the Parties commit to:

Promoting a culture of peaceful cohabitation;

Rejecting any form of violence prejudicial to the security of people and their property;

Managing disputes through dialogue, using the community leaders of Tiessou;

Sensitizing each of the communities for effective adherence to this Agreement;

Communicating regularly with each of the Parties on any difficulties encountered during the implementation of this Agreement;

Encouraging the resumption of agricultural and livestock production in the area made up of Inagaiassou, Marmare, Farfare, Talgoussia, Tatora, Chembou for the 2019-2020 season, which shall begin no later than March 15, 2019;

Requesting the administrative authorities and the elected officials to accompany and support the implementation of this Agreement;

Requesting the State and its technical and financial partners to support the implementation of this Agreement by putting in place an infrastructure to facilitate peaceful collective use of the operating areas.

Article 3:

In order to monitor the implementation of this peace agreement, a monitoring committee will be put in place.

This will be formed by 9 members who must be appointed by consensus to represent all three communities.

The mission of this monitoring committee is to:

Regularly update the Parties on the progress made in implementing the commitments made under this Agreement in order to strengthen its scope;

Prevent and manage disputes between the Parties that may lead to non-compliance with this Agreement;

Identify, if necessary, additional measures necessary for the inter-communal reconciliation process.

Article 4:

This Agreement comes into force from the date of signature.

Done in Timbuktu, March 13, 2019

Signed

For The Kel-inacharia Community For the d’Iloas Community

The faction leader The d’Iloas village chief

For the Hondoubomo Abba-Ber Community

The HONDOUBOMO ABBA-BER village chief

For the Hondoubomo Koina Community

The HONDOUBOMO KOINA village chief:

For Mar-Mare Community

The Mar-mar faction leader:

For the territorial groups:

The Mayor of BOUREM-INALY:

The Mayor of the d’ALAFIA Municipality

The Mayor of the LAFIA rural municipality

The President of the interim Authority of the

Tombouctou Circle

For the Representative of the State

Witnessed, the Prefect of the Tombouctou Circle