Some were sent to fight in Lebanon; others saw action when Libya invaded Chad. "We also used Qaddafi," one rebel says, noting that Tuareg from Mali and Niger had smuggled weapons from the camps to ...

Affiliated to Al-Qaeda, the JNIM was founded in 2017 after jihadist groups merged under the leadership of Iyad Ag Ghali, a Tuareg chief from ... Cameroon and Chad -- in the Lake Chad Basin ...

I envision a Free Tuareg Nation spanning Libya ... creating a Tibesti state in Chad, and addressing movements like Casamance in Senegal and Western Togoland in Ghana. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Preview ...

This was disclosed by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region ... where the army has been battling Tuareg separatists and jihadist groups.

Tuareg rebels made the accusation against the military and Russian mercenaries Mali's military government says it is investigating allegations that soldiers "coldly executed" at least 24 civilians ...