DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An alliance of al-Qaida-linked militants and separatists carried out the largest coordinated attack in ...

Unprecedented attacks in Mali by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists and Tuareg separatists who killed the defence minister and seized ...

It was one of his priorities. When he took over the rotating presidency of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) in July 2022, Alghabass Ag Intalla immediately reiterated his desire for formal ...

It may not be the heart of Africa but it is the key to Africa. Forget about “Niger” and think of Azawad. Think of the bigger and older picture: a region that encompasses northern Mali, southern ...

Touareg rebels in northern Mali are moving ahead with plans for an interim government even as West African states discuss possible military intervention. The breakaway Touareg state of Azawad swore in ...

For Touareg separatists in northern Mali, ending Bamako's writ may have been the easiest task in the litany of obstacles facing Azawad. Less than one month after Touareg rebels declared the ...

MALI’S Tuareg rebels declared independence of an Azawad nation on Friday, as the political crisis in the country showed no signs of abating. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

Last year, Tinariwen released their ninth studio album, Amatssou. Today, the Tuareg desert blues ensemble is sharing "Azawad," their first new material since then. "Azawad" is a response to the ...

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The rescue of a Spanish hostage kidnapped in Algeria has raised the profile of the fighters from ALF, a new coalition created to push the Malian army and its Russian auxiliaries out of the area the ...

The marriage of convenience between the two Tuareg groups – the secular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and the Islamist Ansar Dine (Defender of the Faith) was bound to be tense. Whilst ...

The Tuareg rebels on April 6 declared their independence from Mali and announced the formation of the state of Azawad. That action was condemned or ignored by the international community. In a ...