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Civil Administration Reform – 1994

Negotiations between the government and the MUFA took place in April and May of 1994 in Tamanrasset, Algeria. Both sides negotiated a range of issues including the reintegration of former combatants into uniformed forces and the integration of civilians into the civilian administration. Since the Front Islamique Arabe de lÕAzawad (FIAA) demanded that 40% of integrated positions be reserved for itself, the government negotiators found themselves mediating between the demands of the two groups.¹ Integration into the administration did not take place in 1994.

1. Robin-Edward Poulton and Ibrahim ag Youssouf, A Peace in Timbuktu: Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking (United Nations Publication, 1998).