Tuaregs

The Tuareg people (; also spelt Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic confederation. They principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Traditionally nomadic pastoralists, small groups of Tuareg are also found in northern Nigeria.The Tuareg speak languages of the same name (also known as Tamasheq), which belong to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family.The Tuaregs have been called the "blue people" for the indigo dye coloured clothes they traditionally wear and which stains their skin. A semi-nomadic Muslim people, they are …

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 19 July 2024 English

The creation of the International Network on Conflict and Fragility in 2008 and the World Development Report (WDR) in 2011 unpacked Security-Development Nexus and the Securitization of Development in Africa …

92 per cent.7 Should we then be surprised that Tuaregs responded to the call of the Islamists of Ansar he learnt at his training camp: “Lets’ face it! Tuaregs do not want to share a country with us. They feel divided and controlled by enslavers [reference to Tuaregs historically enslaving Africans] is over. Before


UN: The United Nations · 3 June 2024 Spanish

49 p.

MAA-Plataforma (6), Grupo de Autodefensa de los Tuaregs Imgads y sus Aliados (GATIA) (4), MAA-GATIA (4)


GI-TOC: Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime · 30 May 2024 English

The safety of movement in and around the city, including on the route to Algeria, deteriorated sharply, and the cost of the journey for migrants almost doubled. [...] 7 MIGRATION …

left the Timbuktu region.17 Most were Arabs and Tuaregs who feared ethnic reprisals from FAMa and Wagner the town of Gao. Many transporters were Arabs or Tuaregs, and had fled to their villages or towards the


FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 30 May 2024 English

Bottom Line Contracting Russian private military companies, whether Wagner or its successor organization, the Africa Corps, is likely to lead to a series of unintended consequences for client states. In …

the Malian Armed Forces’ campaigns against the Tuaregs, and subsequent territorial gains have won favor


MSC: Munich Security Conference · 7 May 2024 English

As in previous years, the report summarizes and interprets important (if selected) developments in the world, presents eye-opening infographics, and sheds light on some of the key challenges that we …

between the then-government and ethnic July 9, 2023 Tuaregs in northern Mali escalated into a separatist insurgency


UN: The United Nations · 4 April 2024 Spanish

36 p.

Liberación de Azawad y el Grupo de Autodefensa de los Tuaregs Imgads y sus Aliados. En cuanto a los agentes


IEEE: Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos · 20 March 2024 Spanish

Durante años se ha empleado y quizá se ha abusado; del término “mundo en transición”; tras el final de la Guerra Fría. Muchas veces para huir de la necesidad de …

están enfrentados entre sí (Estado Islámico contra tuaregs y JNIM6, una alianza de grupos afiliados a Al Qaeda) de 2012, cuando una coalición de yihadistas y tuaregs estuvo a punto de hacerse con el control de Mali


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English

The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …

Libyan shores into Europe, the displacement of the Tuaregs leading to the instability / insurrection in Mali


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 7 March 2024 English

The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …

Libyan shores into Europe, the displacement of the Tuaregs leading to the instability / insurrection in Mali


IEEE: Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos · 5 March 2024 Spanish

Durante años se ha empleado y quizá se ha abusado; del término “mundo en transición”; tras el final de la Guerra Fría. Muchas veces para huir de la necesidad de …

están enfrentados entre sí (Estado Islámico contra tuaregs y JNIM6, una alianza de grupos afiliados a Al Qaeda) de 2012, cuando una coalición de yihadistas y tuaregs estuvo a punto de hacerse con el control de Mali


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