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By: Què volen els Touareg? | And now…

Què volen els Touareg? | And now… — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:32:19 +0000

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By: Bill Nevins

Bill Nevins — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:22:25 +0000

Andy,
Thank you for this clear, comprehensive summary of the situation in Azawad/Sahara/Mali As one who came to interest in this situation via the recordings and performances of Tinariwen and the film Festival in the Desert, I have known that I knew and understood little. Your analysis helps me to know and understand at least a little more.

By: inna

inna — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:58:52 +0000

Before I start my comment I want to thank Andry for this splendid article which revealed one of adversities of life the Touareg people are living. To begin with, I am proud to be a Touareg as far as the name means the origin of this community, the culture, the language and the refusal it showed to be put down – which is struggling against the BLACK EGOISM of Malian state. It’s not a matter of being black or white as “sulaak” wants to mislead readers, otherwise we have got BLACK TOUAREGS and WHITE AFRICANS. Besides, there are many touaregs who refused to join their brothers and favored to side with Malian army, how do you call them? Unfortunately, they are not well treated & they are put under look as not Malian and sometimes Malian themselves put them with MNLA in one package… this means & proof they are not Malian inside you, especially what motivates the so called touareg Malians is not a matter of loving this feckless country. Rather, it’s personal problems between the leaders of some tribes. It’s worthy to mention here that the so called ” Alhaji Ag Amou ” was one of the emblematic figures of the rebellion in 1990s, and guess what??? he refused “les accords de tamanrasset” under the pretext that there is a betrayal of Azawad, and he is ignoring the azawad he defended yesterday under his movement ARLA ( armée revolutionnaire pour libération de l’azawad ).

By: sulaak

sulaak — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:01:20 +0000

At last a honest accessment of the crises in Northern Mali. An Azawad republic, with it capital in Gao will never work because the Black African are the majority in Northern Mali and dislike the Tourag and Arabs. The government of Mali have already given the Touareg some autonomy in the North East (Kidal ) but it seems that the Touareg lack the skills to build modern sedentary society. I think the Touareg will from now on be relegated to the back of history, their alliance with Jihadist and racist arrogant has destroyed any trust with black African.

By: And now, bring me that horizon… » Què volen els Touareg?

And now, bring me that horizon… » Què volen els Touareg? — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:55:02 +0000

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By: ben steadman

ben steadman — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:26:42 +0000

Complicated issues here indeed Andy bloody well done in sifting through the wreckage to give us luddites an insight. Sounds like a raingod is required brandishing a perpetual rainbow..Ben

By: Mali – what do the Tuareg want | Africa – News and Analysis

Mali – what do the Tuareg want | Africa – News and Analysis — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:38:59 +0000

[…] Disharmony and enmity between different Touareg groups and individuals has always existed. At independence in 1960, Mali, Algeria and Niger effectively co-opted the French strategy of divide and rule to deal with their Touareg populations, favoring and advancing ‘friendly’ tribal chiefs whilst curtailing the power of hostile ones. When seething tensions in the north east of Mali burst into open rebellion in 1963, the two sons of the amenokal or chief of the noble Ifoghas clan who ruled in northeastern Mali, were on opposite sides of the argument. Intallah Ag Attaher favoured making peace with the Malians and finding an accommodation within the new socialist republic, whilst his brother Zeyd Ag Attaher sided with the rebels and paid for it by spending over a decade in one of the remotest prisons on earth, up near the salt mines of Taodenni in the far north of Mali. read more… […]