Mali: The Association of Students and Students Dissolved (Council of Ministers)

Bamako, Mar 14 (AMAP) The Association of Students and Students of Mali (AEEM) has been dissolved, announced the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, cited in the press release of the Council of Ministers held on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
The government reproaches the student association for “actions (which) sow trouble within the school and university environment and provoke disruptions in classes, assassinations, murders, and destruction of public and private property through violent street protests and illegal carrying of weapons.”
“For several years,” the text continues, “it is clear that the AEEM no longer defends the noble causes of students and students in accordance with its objectives. It has been accused several times of being responsible for violence and clashes in the school and university environment, characterized by numerous armed confrontations between different clans of the association.”
The last clash dates back to February 28, 2024, which caused the death of a young student from the Faculty of Economics and Management and several seriously injured. These extremely serious actions occurred in the context of the renewal of the bodies of the coordination committee of the Association of Students and Students of Mali and led to the immediate suspension of its activities in the university environment until further notice.
“Similar practices took place in December 2017 between rival factions of the AEEM committee of the Faculty of Science and Technology, resulting in one death. In October 2018, clashes involving firearms and machetes, between rival clans of the AEEM committee of the Faculty of Private Law, left nine (9) injured, including two (2) seriously injured.”
“After each of these unfortunate events, security forces made surprise raids at the association’s headquarters, resulting in the arrests of certain members carrying lethal weapons, drugs, and large sums of unexplained money.”
The dissolution of associations by the Council of Ministers is provided for and regulated by the provisions of Law No. 04-038 of August 5, 2004 relating to associations.
The AEEM is a Malian legal association created following receipt of association declaration No. 10281/MAT-DNAT of April 20, 1991.
This dissolution contributes to the realization of one of the recommendations of the National Refoundation Conference (ANR): “Peaceful the school and university environment to make it a place of knowledge and learning and not of vandalism and constant aggression.”
MD (AMAP)