Tag: Tuareg
Does this village in Niger hold a key to defeating African...
A dispute between Fulani herders and their nomadic Tuareg neighbours over stolen cattle and motorbikes threatened to turn violent in the village of Amataltal...
Clashes over land and water leave more than 30 dead in...
Gunmen on motorcycles killed more than 30 Tuareg civilians in northern Mali where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an official said.
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Ongoing violence in Mali
Gunmen on motorbikes killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an...
Tuaregs killed in clash with Fulanis
At least 15 Tuaregs were killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group attacked their village in northern Mali, local authorities...
Tuareg civilians killed in Mali attacks
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 16 Tuareg civilians in attacks in northern Mali, days after 40 Tuareg were killed in similar...
Suspected jihadists kill 40 Tuaregs in north Mali
Suspected jihadists killed 40 Tuaregs, mostly young men, in two attacks in northern Mali's Menaka region, which the local governor said seemed...
Tuaregs sign deal to end Mali fighting
Rival Tuareg groups on Thursday signed a peace deal in northern Mali, raising hopes of an end to years of fighting and...
Tuareg separatists seize Mali town
Tuareg separatists seized a town in Mali's desert north from a pro-government ethnic Tuareg militia after days of fighting, the separatists and...
Tuareg rebels to boycott Mali peace conference
Mali's main Tuareg separatist factions said they would boycott talks with the government this week on implementing a nearly two-year-old peace accord...
Tuareg leader killed in northern Mali explosion
A Tuareg militant leader in the volatile north Malian city of Kidal was killed on Saturday when his car exploded barely 300...
Around 10 killed in northern Mali fighting between militias
Around 10 people have been killed in northern Mali in fighting between a pro-government militia and a rebel coalition dominated by ethnic...
Fears for peace deal as fighting flares in Mali’s north
Tuareg rebels battled pro-government militia fighters in Mali's desert north on Friday, locals said, the second day of clashes raising fears for...
North Mali Tuareg clans agree ceasefire to end feud
Warring Tuareg clans in northern Mali have agreed to cease hostilities after tit-for-tat violence killed dozens of people in the past month.
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Tuareg clans at heart of Mali conflict end feud
Two rival Tuareg clans in northern Mali have ended a decades-old feud that has frustrated efforts to halt a conflict between pro-government...
Militia in northern Mali battles Tuaregs in threat to peace talks
A pro-government militia in Mali said on Monday it had killed 20 separatists in three days of fighting that the U.N. peacekeeping...
Mali separatists trade blame with pro-government militia over clash
Separatists in Mali accused a pro-government militia on Sunday of breaching a two-month-old ceasefire, leading to a fierce exchange of fire, but...
U.N. threatens sanctions for violations of Mali ceasefire
The United Nations Security Council on Monday threatened to blacklist anyone who hinders a peace deal in Mali reached by an alliance...
Malian rebel alliance signs peace deal with government
An alliance of Tuareg-led rebels and the Malian government signed a peace deal on Saturday meant to draw a line under a...
Mali militias leave key northern town ahead of peace deal
Pro-government militias withdrew from a flashpoint town in northern Mali on Friday, removing a key obstacle to a long-delayed U.N.-backed peace deal...
Clashes force nearly 60,000 Malians from homes over last month
Fighting in northern Mali has forced nearly 60,000 people to flee their homes over the last four weeks, a United Nations aid...
Blast wounds 3 peacekeepers in U.N. Mali commander’s convoy
Three United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in northern Mali when a vehicle in a convoy escorting their commander and the force's police...
Northern rebels say captured 19 Mali soldiers
A Tuareg-dominated rebel coalition said on Saturday it was holding prisoner 19 Malian government soldiers captured in clashes a day earlier, amid...
U.N. investigates reports of executions, abuses in Mali
The United Nations said on Friday it was investigating reports of serious human rights abuses, including the execution of civilians, in northern...
Mali’s Tuaregs boycott peace deal as violence erupt in north
Mali's Tuareg-led separatist rebels boycotted the signing of a peace deal with the government and its allied armed groups in the capital...
Mali rebels sign initial deal, see more work for final accord
Mali's Tuareg-led rebels signed a preliminary peace agreement with the government on Thursday as a gesture of "good faith" to end decades...
Mali rebels agree to sign preliminary peace deal
Mali's Tuareg-led rebels have agreed to sign a preliminary peace deal, an accord the government already accepted as a step to ending...
Seven killed in suspected separatist attack on Mali town
Suspected northern rebels attacked a central Malian town on Tuesday, leading to clashes with government troops in which six separatists and one...
Separatist rebels attack army in northern Malian town
Tuareg separatist rebels attacked Malian army positions in the northern town of Dire on Saturday, as rising violence threatened to derail a...
Nine soldiers killed in rebel attack in Mali
Nine Malian soldiers were killed in an attack by Tuareg separatist rebels on a town near the border with Mauritania, the defence...
Five soldiers killed in rebel attack in Mali
At least five Malian soldiers were killed in an attack by Tuareg separatist rebels in a town near the border with Mauritania,...
Three killed in attack in Mali after rebels vow action
Two soldiers and a civilian were killed on Wednesday when gunmen attacked the village of Goundam in northern Mali, an army spokesman...
Mali peacemaking in danger after rebel attack near Timbuktu -U.N
Tuareg rebels shot at peacekeepers outside the city of Timbuktu in northern Mali on Tuesday in an attack that endangers the United...
Mali Tuareg rebels fire on U.N. peacekeepers outside Timbuktu
Tuareg rebels shot at U.N. peacekeepers outside the town of Timbuktu in northern Mali on Tuesday in a sign of growing tensions...
Pro-government militia seize north Mali town after battle
Pro-government armed groups in Mali seized the northern town of Menaka from Tuareg separatists on Monday after fierce fighting, a spokesman for...
Mali’s main rebel group says it will initial peace deal next...
Rebels from north Mali told mediators they will initial a long-delayed U.N.-brokered peace proposal on the future of Mali's north next month,...
Mediators set May 15 deadline to sign Mali peace deal
International mediators in the conflict in northern Mali increased pressure on Tuareg-led separatists on Sunday to sign up to a U.N.-brokered peace...
As peace deal looms, rebels still control parts of north Mali
As Tuareg rebels said they were not ready to sign a planned peace deal with the government on Wednesday, after several years...
Mali rebels refuse to initial peace accord in current form
Mali's rebel coalition said on Friday it was not ready to give preliminary approval to a United Nations-backed peace proposal a day...
Mali says rebels to initial peace deal, prompting Tuareg denial
Mali announced on Thursday that northern rebels would give preliminary approval to a U.N.-brokered peace proposal next week but a northern Tuareg...
Shells launched at U.N. base in north Mali
Unknown attackers fired shells at a United Nations base on the outskirts of a town in northern Mali early on Wednesday, residents...
Mali govt refuses further talks on north’s future
Mali's government said on Wednesday it would not participate in further talks with rebels seeking autonomy for northern Mali, leaving the future...
Mali rebels say agreed further talks with mediators
Northern Mali's Tuareg-led rebels said on Tuesday they have agreed to another round of talks with the government after the rebel coalition...
Mali rebels reject U.N. peace deal after talks with protesters
Rebels in northern Mali have rejected a U.N.-brokered preliminary peace deal after discussing it for days with protest leaders in the desert...
Mali FM tells rebels ‘time running out’ for peace deal
Mali's foreign minister said on Monday Tuareg rebels were running out of time to seal a peace accord that would distance them...
U.N. urges Mali rebels to sign northern peace proposal
The United Nations is urging Tuareg-led rebels to sign a proposal on the future of northern Mali, calling it an important step...
Mali signs peace deal, rebels want more time for consultation
Mali's government signed a preliminary peace deal on Sunday meant to end fighting with northern separatists, but the Tuareg-led rebels asked for...
Mali, Tuareg-led rebels agree to cease hostilities for peace talks
Mali's government and an alliance of Tuareg-led northern rebels agreed to cease hostilities on Thursday to ease tensions during U.N.-sponsored peace negotiations...
Mali peace talks resume in Algiers, no end to hostilities
Mali's government and Tuareg-led rebels resumed U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Algeria on Monday in pursuit of an accord to end uprisings by...
U.N. sees Mali, rebel peace talks in ‘last stage’
Peace talks between Mali and Tuareg-led separatist rebels are in the last stage with both sides preparing to work on questions of...
Mali Tuareg rebels threaten to pull out of peace talks, suspend...
Tuareg separatist rebels on Friday threatened to pull out of peace talks and suspended coordination with the United Nations mission in northern...