Latest news from the Tuareg world.
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Azawad-Mali: is the UN finally waking up?
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has broken its silence to address events in Northern Mali (Azawad). It is demanding clarification following the Malian military command’s announcement that around thirty soldiers were killed and some sixty others wounded during clashes around Anéfif in early July. These battles pitted the Malian…
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The Battle of Anéfis: When weapons give way to the war of narratives
Decoding a six-day clash in northern Mali, between field realities and crossed propagandas. The capture of the strategic town of Anéfis gave rise to a dual confrontation: a violent six-day battle on the ground between the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) and the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) on one side, and…
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Northern Mali: Bloody rainy season in Anéfis, a major tactical setback for the General Staff
Decoding a historic ambush marking a critical turning point in Malian military strategy and its Russian alliances. The joint offensive led by the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) against a convoy of the Malian Armed Forces stands as one of the heaviest operational failures of…
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Niger refoundation: sovereignty begins from within
To be useful and genuinely contribute to advancing our debates on the situation in Niger and the Sahel in general, these discussions must start from an inescapable reality: the ongoing recomposition of political governance systems comprises several closely intertwined dimensions that it would be futile, and even counterproductive, to try to treat in isolation. Sovereignty,…
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Niger: Azawad-Mali, neutrality as a political imperative
Failing to play a mediating role, wisdom dictates that Niger should resolutely keep its distance from the conflict opposing Bamako to Azawad. This is not merely one diplomatic option among others: it is a crucial condition for the internal cohesion of Niger itself. A conflict older than the Malian state itself The conflict currently setting…
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Azawad-Mali: when the reality principle finally catches up with the ground
Since the spectacular attack of April 25 in Mali, which targeted multiple cities simultaneously, the question of Azawad has taken a new turn. The military regime sees one of its main pillars of legitimation crumbling in the eyes of its supporters, while the political horizon darkens further. The death, during the attack on Bamako, of…
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Central Sahel: impunity, central pillar poor governance
The fight against impunity is not just one option among others: it is the prerequisite for any lasting peace The Central Sahel has become one of the regions in the world where violence is becoming commonplace most rapidly, progressively embedding itself in people’s minds as an ordinary mode of interaction between the various components of…
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Azawad-Mali – Central Sahel: arguments and counter-arguments
Some fundamental elements for a better understanding of the question of Azawad and… the Tuaregs These questions and arguments are invitations to think with rigor and honesty about a reality that state propaganda, media simplifications, and ideological stances have too long distorted. To those who reduce the question of Azawad to an exclusive Tuareg claim:…
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Situation in Kidal: statement by ODTE-TANAT
The Organization of the Tuareg Diaspora in Europe (ODTE)/TANAT expresses its deepest concern regarding the recent events in Kidal and the various human rights violations observed on the territory of Azawad. ODTE-TANAT wishes to express its full solidarity with the bereaved families and presents them with its most heartfelt condolences. The crisis currently sweeping through…
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In the footsteps of the MFUA, and the struggle of Azawad continues…
Azawad-Mali The CMA in the footsteps of the MFUA, and the struggle of Azawad continues… France and Algeria know that they are continuing to “braid over lice” Despite clear opposition expressed by the population concerned, the international community, impatient to resolve a problem it must have judged too insignificant to devote the necessary time to,…