Iyad Ag Ghali, the central leader of the 1990 rebellion in Mali, formed Ansar al-Din in late 2011. The group quickly emerged around a core of Ifoghas Tuareg and longtime companions of Ag Ghali, ...

Later, the media published photos of Tuareg rebels with the Ukrainian flag. Reactions from Mali and Niger On 29 July, a representative of Ukraine's military intelligence made a statement that Mali ...

North Mali is rife with militant activity linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State. The Tuaregs, an ethnic group who inhabit the Sahara region including northern Mali, are fighting for an independent ...

PRETORIA, October 5. /TASS/. Mali’s Tuareg rebels from the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) have taken control of the Malian government’s army camp near the eastern city of Taoussa ...

Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali’s Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed calculated to spark an ethnic conflict between ...

A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army said its attack targeted armed militants.