WE ARE HERE TO TELL THE WORLD WHAT IS HAPPENING IN AZAWAD
AZAWAD …. Names are not just words… but history and identity and peoples.
Azawad is not just a region, it is a symbol of struggle, resistance and dignity for a people seeking recognition and self-determination.
The Malian authorities has since the 60s been implementing an ethnic cleansing replacement policy aimed to erase the Tuaregs, Arabs (moors) Peuhls and some others from Azawad. The so called “rebellions” are neither rebellions nor terrorism, they are the resistance of a people forced to fight an existenstial war.
Do they not have the right to live on their ancestral land like any other people?
The Azawad Army does not wage expansionist wars or target innocents.
Rather, they defend their land and people against an occupying army that has committed documented massacres, and against hired foreign militias that practice genocide and displacement under official cover.
The Touaregs wherever they are must know that AES is an alliance designed to exterminate them.
Azawad is at war, not out of a desire for conflict, but out of a refusal to disappear. Every bullet fired is a response to years of oppression. Our revolution is not a cry for vengeance; it is a call for dignity. We do not seek domination, only justice. The forgotten voice of Azawad needs to be heard. People of Azawad deserve justice and dignity.
They fight neither for money nor for glory, they fight for the right to exist on the land where they and their generations before them since millennia were born, and left the tifinagh on the rocks as proof of their existence.
The solution to all the problems is simple… independence of Azawad. it`s long due. People come and go…but the Azawad cause stays. The fight for freedom continues until Azawad is free.
THIS WEBPAGE IS A PEACEFUL SUPPORT TO THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE OF AZAWAD.
“The Tuareg people have long been marginalized, isolated, crushed, trampled and one day they said enough is enough. They rebelled to say that they exist and that they must have the same rights as other peoples” Mano Dayak, Interview, 1994
“My friends across Africa, I have a question,
A question that keeps haunting me… Is revolution like certain trees whose branches will only grow if they are watered?”
Tinariwen
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AZAWAD NEWS
BY AZAWAD SUPPORT GROUP, AZAWAD FREEDOM VOICE, TOUMAST INFO & OTHER CONTRIBUTORS
Here we share news about what is happening in Azawad, from 2022 and onwards.
However, it must be remembered that this struggle for freedom has been going on since the 1960s! The people of Azawad have suffered a lot!
We display the headlines of eight news articles on this frontpage, but there is a lot more in the drop-down menus of “Previous posts” – where you can search for months or cathegories.
INTERNATIONALLY ILLEGAL BOMBS, NEW MASS GRAVES DISCOVERED AND MASSACRES ON ARABO-TUAREG-FULANI CIVILIANS IN AZAWAD.
In this month of may, 2026, the systematic genocide against the Arabo_Tuareg and Fulani populations by the military junta and the Russian mercenaries continues with increased intensity causing many human tragedies.
This past week and still ongoing:
INTERNATIONALLY ILLEGAL BOMBS ARE USED TO EXTERMINATE AZAWADIAN PEOPLE.
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The Malian army and Russian mercenaries continue to bomb Azawadi cities, particularly Kidal and Timbuktu, using a new type of weapon: barrel bombs. This is the first time this deadly and destructive weapon has been used in this area.
Yesterday, May 15, a civilian vehicle was targeted by one of these barrel bombs and completely burned, along with everyone inside. Unarmed civilians are the victims of these weapons, which pose a grave threat to their lives and cause horrific destruction.
This is happening at a time when the international community remains silent in the face of these heinous crimes.
Source: Imouhagh International organization for Justice and Transparency.
A barrel bomb is an improvised unguided bomb, sometimes described as a flying IED (improvised explosive device).
They are typically made from a large barrel-shaped metal container that has been filled with explosives, possibly shrapnel, oil or chemicals as well, and then dropped from a helicopter or aeroplane.
Due to the large amount of explosives (up to 1,000 kilograms), their poor accuracy, and indiscriminate use in populated civilian areas including refugee camps, the resulting impacts are devastating. Critics have characterised them as weapons of terror and illegal under international conventions. They are similar to cluster boms, also internationally banned.
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The bombs used by the terrorist Malian government against the Azawad people yesterday are internationally banned.
This is a crime punishable by law, just like those used in Syria under Bashar al-Assad. Today, these same bombs are in the hands of the coup plotters in Bamako, aided by the criminals and Russian Wagner mercenaries, and are being used against the Azawad people.
There is no honor or integrity in those who justify the actions of the terrorist Malian government, which uses all kinds of weapons against the Azawad people.
THE BRUTAL MURDER OF A PEACEFUL AND UNARMED CIVILIAN.
They murder unarmed civilians, then they photograph them with weapons they had previously placed near the body to justify their heinous acts.
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“You executed him as one would a man whose life meant nothing. Then you placed a weapon beside his body to fabricate your victory.
So this is what your war has become: lies photographed above the corpses of the poor.
Ahmed Ag Alhousseini, known as Intaka, was neither a warlord nor a terrorist. He was a man from Aguelhok. A father of six daughters. A man already broken by the death of his wife. A poor herder who crossed the valleys of Intafouk in search of water and survival.
But in today’s Azawad, being Tuareg, being poor, being alone on a trail is now enough to be designated a target. And behind the Russian mercenaries, there are always guides. Always local men to show the trails, the wells, the camps, and the valleys. Gamou’s militia knows every corner of this land.
The army Malian forces open the roads. And the mercenaries carry out the executions. Then they publish their macabre montages like trophies. What a disgrace. What moral decay.
You are not fighting enemies: You are hunting down exhausted civilians, shepherds, travelers, isolated men. Then you dress up your crimes with the word “terrorist” to garner applause on social media.
But the desert sees everything. The valleys of Azawad see everything. The wells, the tracks, and the stones of Aguelhok know the truth better than your mendacious communiqués.
You have left six daughters without a father. Six orphans condemned to grow up with the image of a father defiled after his death by the very people who claim to bring security.
You can kill a man.
You can defile his body.
You can fabricate a photograph.
But you can never kill the truth.
And the truth is simple: Ahmed died innocent.
And those who delivered him, guided him, executed him, and then defamed him will bear this blood before History.”
MASSACRES OF NO LESS THAN FIVE FULANI FAMILIES.
Five Fulani families were massacred by the Russian terrorist mercenaries from the Afrika Korps (formerly Wagner) and their Malian auxiliaries, in Sarakala, in the Mopti region, local sources reveal. The images are shocking.
List of the five Fulani families decimated by the Malian terrorist army in Sarakala near the Markala military camp on May 14, 2026:
Nouh Cissé, 2 years old
Amadi Bah, 3 years old
Yerel Boly, 3 years old
Amadou Boly, 3 years old
Hamayi Boly, 3 years old
Baraye Fofana, 4 years old
Housseyni Cissé, 4 years old
Modibo Boly, 4 years old
Sidi Boly, 5 years old
Sekou Boly, 5 years old
Modibo Boly, 7 years old
Sadio Bah, 7 years old
Amadou Barry, 8 years old
Baba Boly, 10 years old
Sekou Cissé, 12 years old
Sékou Barry, 12 years old
Sidi Cissé, 12 years old
Yerel Boly, 14 years old
Nouh Cissé, 14 years old
Mody Boly, 15 years old
Alou Fofana, 15 years old
Baba Sow, 15 years old
Mody Boly, 16 years old
Modibo Boly, 35 years old
Oumou Bah, 40 years old, with her 2-year-old child
Amadou Boly, 55 years old
Amaye Cissé, 60 years old
Sékou Boly, 65 years old
Modibo Diallo, 75 years old
Hassana Bah, 75 years old
Sidi Bah, 76 years old
The massacres of the Arab-Tuareg-Fulani is becoming widespread throughout the AES region and their communities is more threatened than ever. The people on this list, among them both small children and elderly, apparently labeled as “terrorists” are not just names and numbers. These are people with relatives and friends and a history, and they were civilians.
Brutally murdered by a military regime who have a genocidal agenda against certain ethnicities. Five entire families have been wiped out.
DISCOVERY OF YET ANOTHER MASS GRAVE IN AZAWAD.
14-05-26, Kidal Region: The picture is from a video showing a part of a mass grave containing the remains of Azawadi victims that has been discovered in a joint military base of the Malian army and its ally, the Russian African Corps, after they withdrew from the base.
These are victms from summary execution and extermination crimes committed by Russian Wagner mercenaries and the Malian army and it is believed that the majority of the victims are children.
The graves and beside them show traces of blood. And to prevent identification of the victims, these mass graves are rigged with explosives to prevent their exhumation, which is the custom of the Russian mercenaries in attempting to hide evidences.
It´s not the first time that mass graves are found in Azawad, it happens regularly. They cannot hide their crimes forever, what is hidden will always be revealed.
The mass graves discovered in Azawad in recent days confirm the existence of horrific crimes and serious violations committed by the Malian army and Russian mercenaries, taking advantage of the security vacuum left by the international community. It is imperative to salvage what can be saved and put an end to these grave atrocities.
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
The Imouhagh International Organisation has filed an appeal to the International Community.
INTERNATIONALLY ILLEGAL BOMBS, NEW MASS GRAVES DISCOVERED AND MASSACRES ON ARABO-TUAREG-FULANI CIVILIANS IN AZAWAD. In this month of may, 2026, the systematic genocide against the Arabo_Tuareg and Fulani populations by the military junta and the Russian mercenaries continues with increased… Read more: ESCALATING VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS IN AZAWAD
URGENT APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Imouhagh International Organisation
Subject : Immediate Mobilization to Protect Civilians in Azawad Imouhagh International Organisation issues an urgent appeal to the United Nations, its member states, and all international human rights organizations to take immediate action to protect civilian populations in Azawad.
Between memory, culture, and political demands, the Tuareg cultural day organized in Rennes quickly became a festive event marked by art exhibitions, Tuareg storytelling, and a conference on the humanitarian and security situation in Mali and the Sahel.
I feel compelled to respond to you today, as well as to certain former French officials and diplomats who have described Azawad as a “historical absurdity.” This statement reveals either a profound ignorance of Sahelian-Saharan history or a political will to deny the existence of a people and a historical territory that have been documented for centuries.
Amidst an unprecedented media blackout, and despite all the geopolitical shifts sweeping through Azawad and the Sahel in general, Mr. Bilal Ag Acherif delivers a speech that transcends the boundaries of military confrontation, establishing a new political and international legitimacy for the Azawad cause.
We, the leaders and members of the Azawad Political Forum, strongly condemn and reject the successive statements issued by certain countries and regional and international organizations against the legitimate self-defense of the Azawad people. We affirm that the defense of the people of Azawad is a legitimate struggle, fight, and resistance, guaranteed by international laws relating to self-defense, the right to self-determination, and the protection of civilians.
On May 2, 2026, the day after the withdrawal of the Afrika Korps (formerly Wagner Group) and the Malian Armed Forces (FAMA), several human skeletons were discovered in Amachach, near Tessalit.
EVERYTHING IS TARGETED IN AZAWAD, CIVILIANS, ANIMALS, EVEN NATURE, THE SITUATION IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
France is responsable for the Azawad situation. They should never have colonized and then attached Azawad to Mali. Two different countries. In conflict since then, especially due to the neglect and oppression by Mali.
The Azawadians did never agree to be attached to Mali, a country they had nothing in common with, and Mali did from the very beginning neglect and oppress Azawad – followed by the start of a genocide, but since they were never able to kill off the Azawadian people they called for help from external forces. Like Wagner, now Africa Corps and who, like the authorities of Mali, admittedly have no interest in human rights. And they use Turkish drones killing entire families. Only a fraction of all the suffering is brought to the attention of the media.
The people of Azawad have been forced to fight for decades, not by choice, but by necessity – to defend their land and identity, to defend their dignity. To survive – it`s an existential struggle, not just with weapons, but also culturally, and there is a cultural and mental and environmental genocide going on as well as an ethnic genocide.
BREAK THE SILENCE ON AZAWAD
The Azawadians did never ask for or agree to be attached to Mali! but they were force-attached.
And THIS is the ROOT of the PROBLEM!
Since independence, there has been no peace because it was not one country, but two – with distinct identities, one oppressing the other. Recognize this and peace will follow. #Azawad
In #Azawad there are no basic necessities like running water, schools, hospitals or roads due to state neglect. And when people ask for their rights they are labeled as terrorists by the junta and their supporters.. That is a common tactic by oppressive regimes and has also happened in other parts of the world when people are fighting for freedom against oppression, they label them terrorists.
When injustice is the law rebellion is a duty.
SELF-INTEREST IS THE ENEMY OF LIBERATION!
Betrayal is not only in actions, but in silence too!
IN AZAWAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LET US NOT CLOSE OUR EYES LET US KNOW: THEY ARE MASSACRING THE INNOCENTS LET US REACT AGAINST THE BARBARIANS!
Can you, members of the international community, imagine what it must be like to live under these attacks and oppression from Fama and Africa Corps (ex Wagner)? For example, living in the desert, where you hear the noise from far away in the silence, and suddenly… you hear the noise of engines in the middle of the night? Someone is approaching and you know it is death.
So what can we do?
We can always do something, if there´s a will, there´s a way like Bob Marley used to say. For example, the least we can do is react. We can stop being silent! we can at least try to let the world know what is happening in Azawad. Silence kills.
We can also help with donations when Azawad Solidarity and local organizations has campaigns. Any donations helps, no matter how small. They recently had a very successful campaign and they posted a lot of pictures and information on the social media as well as made a video of the deliverance of medecines to refugees in Tinzawatine, you can read about it here.
A Z A W A D
Fama and Africa Corps (ex Wagner), they come to a village… and then they leave that village with a scar that takes generations to heal. And justice is still absent, but silence is not!!
Sunset on October 7 from the strip separating Tinzawatine in Algeria and Azawad. Photo: Lahcen Ag Touhami.
“BUT NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN DEFEAT THOSE WHO DEFEND A JUST CAUSE” Mano Dayak
Where are the human rights organizations regarding the suffering of the Azawadian people? Are you just decorations or are these people not human beings to you? #A-Voice-in-Azawad …
The unheard of atrocities against the civilians of Azawad continue in all their barbaric brutality by the Malian army and the terrorist Wagner militia, slaughtering Azawadian civilians in the name of fighting “terrorism” in their attempt to exterminate every living being in Azawad, using the burnt earth policy, and cheering themselves on in a barbaric act of genocide that continues while the world remains silent. it`s always the children who are the most vulnerable victims.
The nomadic population, forgotten by the world. It is confronted with the repression of terrorists on the one hand and regular and mercenary armies on the other, who do not differentiate between a terrorist and an innocent and targeting children is part of their agenda. In the picture is an injured child by the drone attack in Tinzawaten 2024 killing several children.
In the 70s, the Malian government took advantage of the drought to starve the inhabitants of Azawad, it is proven. Today, international humanitarian organizations were prohibited by the Malian authorities to help in the epidemic of malaria and dysentery and they are strongly suspected of adding chemicals in the drones causing an unknown disease as well as causing the animals to get deformed offspring. It is the same genocide that has been repeated since the 60s. Only the methods have become more sophisticated.
The daily life of the people of Azawad has become a nightmare, marked by violence and terror. The repeated incursions of the Africa Corps (ex Wagner) forces and the FAMA have plunged entire communities into indescribable suffering.
Entire villages are reduced to ashes, their homes burned, their property plundered without mercy. The meager pastures, source of life for the herders, are also ravaged by the flames, destroying all hope of subsistence.
Forced into exile, men, women and children find themselves surviving under modest sunshades, without shelter or resources, exposed to extreme precariousness. This blind violence destroys not only lives, but also entire generations, threatening the future of Azawad and the dignity of its inhabitants.
Please, if you are willing and able, support the suffering people and the fight for a free Azawad. The blood of the Azawadians is wasted while their just cause remain forgotten! What a shame! A sad reality! Their lives are worth as much as those of others, but they are considered useless in the eyes of the exploiters! Who can do anything about this situation?
AZAWAD IS BLEEDING…. THEY NEED OUR HELP AND SUPPORT!
You don’t compare the one who fights for money to the one who fights for his dignity. One sells his soul, the other defends his freedom.
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THE AFRICA CORPS (ex WAGNER) TO HELP THE ILLEGAL PUTSCHISTS CARRY OUT ETHNIC CLEANSING IN THE SAHEL REGION IN DISREGARD OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.
History will witness your silence 🤐 !!!! @ToumastInfo
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