Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development

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Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development
LeadersPresident: Bilal Ag Acherif
Vice-President: Fahad Ag Almahmoud
Spokesperson: Moussa Ag Acharatoumane
Dates of operationMay 6, 2021 - present
Group(s) CMADrapeau.svg Coordination of Azawad Movements
Platform (until September 2023)
AlliesFlag of Mali.svg Mali (until 2023)
Flag of the United Nations.svg MINUSMA
OpponentsFlag of Jihad.svg Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin
AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
Flag of Mali.svg Mali (since 2023)
Flag of Russia.svg Wagner Group (since 2023)
Battles and wars Mali War

The Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development (CSP-PSD), also known as the Permanent Strategic Framework for the Defense and Protection of Azawad, is a coalition of political and military movements in northern Mali, that was formed on May 6, 2021. The CSP-PSD is an alliance between the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) and Platform. [1] In September 2023, Platform left the CSP-PSD due to the CMA's war with the Malian government. [2]

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History

Throughout the 2010s, there were brief clashes between the CMA and Platform, so the two groups began talks in late 2020 on reconciling their differences over the Algiers Agreement of 2015. [1] The CSP-PSD was created officially on May 6, 2021, after two days of discussion in Rome. [1] Their first provisional president was Bilal Ag Acherif, leader of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), vice-president Fahad Ag Al-Mahmoud, and their spokesperson was Moussa Ag Acharatoumane. [3]

On December 12, 2022, the CSP-PSD pulled out of peace talks with the Malian government, accusing the government of being unwilling to negotiate. The group stated that in order for them to return, new peace talks needed to be held in a neutral country. [4] [5]

On June 22, 2023, the CSP-PSD lambasted the Malian government's threats pressuring MINUSMA to leave, claiming that the absence of MINUSMA without a "credible alternative would constitute a threat to security in Mali and the whole region." [6]

On September 26, 2023, Platform left the CSP-PSD due to the CMA's attack on Malian government bases following Mali's collaboration with Wagner Group mercenaries and their war crimes against civilians. [2]

In April 2024, the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security and Development (CSP-PSD) becomes the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad (CSP-DPA). This new coalition is led by the leader of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). [7]

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