“Azawad Freedom Voice” is a bold and analytical platform echoing from the Sahara’s heart. We speak of Azawad—not as others imagine it, but as it truly is.
We ask the difficult questions, unravel the layers of silence, and speak truth to power.
Here, words resist. Thought liberates.
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ⵙ ⴰⵣ صوت الحرية أزواد ⴰⵣ ⵙ
ⵙ ⴰⵣ SOUT AL-HURRIYA AZAWAD ⴰⵣ ⵙ
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Seven days… and your head is held high
A 19th-century photo shows the severed head of an Azawadi activist, hung on a stake in the public square, by order of the French colonizers. Not only was he killed, but he was hung for seven days or more as an example… but they didn’t understand anything.
They did not sow fear, but awakened pride.
The head was higher than their swords.
Azawad Freedom Voice
29-05-25
So that Azawad does not lose itself.
What happened to the Tuareg in Mali is a deliberate loss of self.
Just as Azaykou said, “To lose our language is to lose ourselves.”
Their language was confiscated from schools and the media.
Their culture was banished from the curriculum.
Their regions were left without roads, hospitals, or opportunities.
Their children grew up in an educational system that neither represented nor understood them.
The result?
A people without a mirror in which to see themselves.
The Tuareg were marginalized geographically, linguistically, and educationally… They lost their presence in the state, but they have not yet lost themselves.
And so, their struggle is an attempt to reclaim what was stolen from them: language, dignity, and place.
In short: when the language was lost, the erasure began.
But there are still those who write, speak, and teach…so that Azawad does not lose itself.
In the heart of the desert… it’s not just a land drawn on a map, but a living memory that pulsates with the name Azawad.
Here, where the sands preserve the footsteps of our ancestors, and the winds whisper the stories of an unbroken people. A map that represents not just borders, but pain, hope, and a cry of identity.
Azawad is not a political shadow, but a cultural flame, music that embraces the sky, and colors that tell an epic of struggle.
From every grain of sand… a story sprouts,
and from every Tuareg tune… a promise of freedom is born.
t.me/AzawadVoiceIn the heart of the desert… it’s not just a land drawn on a map, but a living memory that pulsates with the name Azawad.
Here, where the sands preserve the footsteps of our ancestors, and the winds whisper the stories of an unbroken people. A map that represents not just borders, but pain, hope, and a cry of identity.
Azawad is not a political shadow, but a cultural flame, music that embraces the sky, and colors that tell an epic of struggle.
From every grain of sand… a story sprouts,
and from every Tuareg tune… a promise of freedom is born.
#Voice_of_Freedom_Azawad
#Map_of_Dignity
t.me/AzawadVoice
25-05-25
Looting Azawad in the Sahara Desert
Great Tsarist Russia…
The country of nuclear weapons, Mars, Sukhois, and polar bears…has sent its finest soldiers to comb the Sahara Desert in Mali.
But not to search for terrorism, no, gentlemen…
Rather, to search for a bag of rice, a used television, or even an iron door!
In Tinasakou, the soldiers of Russian greatness are searching shops…breaking locks like bandits, looting as if in a Mongolian caravan!
This isn’t an army, it’s a professional furniture removal squad!
The Russian lifts a “dabash,” carries a refrigerator from an Azawadi house, carries “royalties,”breaks down a door, steals a phone… then shouts to the camera: “We have come to restore sovereignty!”
Who, Mr. Putin?
Your soldiers in Mali are hungry!
If they find a boiled egg in an Azawadi house, they’ll cut it in half and cry with joy!
O Caesar,
Is this your power?
Plundering the bread of the poor in the desert?
This is how empires are built?!
I swear we have seen thieves more respectable than you. Here, in Azawad, pride cannot be plundered, even if you steal everything.
Azawad Freedom Voice
22-04-25
Azawad… The Forgotten Heart of the Great Amazigh Body
When the Desert Calls: Between the Betrayal of Maps and the Longing for Roots.
Yes, the origin of the story is evident in the eyes that never go out, and in the soul suffocating beneath the desert sands, where every atom tells an unbreakable Amazigh history. The Amazigh homeland, from Barqa to Nouakchott, from Carthage to Timbuktu, is an ancient geographical and spiritual unity, predating the state and post-artificial maps.
Timbuktu? It was never marginal, but rather a pulsating heart of trade networks, of science, of thought, of the connection between North and South… between Carthage and the Niger Basin. The story of the simmering conflict begins when the rope between head and body was severed, when borders were drawn in the rooms of Paris and London, not in a desert that speaks Tifinagh.
The division came about through colonialism, and its continuity is the hegemony of the new colonizers. Post-independence wasn’t a full-fledged independence, but rather a mere change of masks: France, America, Russia, Turkey, Israel, the Gulf… all greedy, all at the table, while the owners of the land were outside the scene, silent or excluded.
As for our brothers in the north, as I said: “He who hides for days remains naked.” Where are they in all this? They are preoccupied with trivialities, boasting about caftan and couscous, and fighting over who invented the tagine, while Azawad cries out, Azawagh bleeds, and no one responds.
Azawad is not a separatist issue… but rather a return to its origins. It is the duty of every free Amazigh to support it, and it is the duty of every North African who understands the meaning of sovereignty to recognize it. There is no path to collective liberation without liberating the Great Amazigh Sahara. He who does not have a goal will not know his way, as Mao said, and as the Amazighs said thousands of years ago:
ⵉⵣⴰⵍ ⴰⵣⵓⴼⴰⵏⵜ, ⵉⵖⵣⵣⵓ ⵓⵙⴻⵏ.
ⴰⵣⵡⴰⴷ, A Homeland Before Maps.
Azawad Freedom Voice
18-04-25
Raising Awareness about the Azawad Issue
In this letter, we would like to draw your attention to the Azawad issue, which has yet to find a just and comprehensive solution that meets the aspirations of the Azawad people for freedom and dignity.
The situation in Azawad requires all of us to be aware of the historical and political challenges facing the region, and we must assume our responsibility to raise awareness and pressure the relevant parties to find real, just, and comprehensive solutions.
Since the 1990s, the Azawad people have been fighting for their legitimate rights to self-determination and independence from central hegemony. However, this issue has undergone profound upheavals, during which political and economic conditions have been exploited to divide the Azawad people themselves, weakening the revolutionary movement and leading to its exploitation by various regional and international powers.
We demand only the right to self-determination and for the Azawad people to live in peace and dignity on their land. However, this cannot be achieved amid internal divisions or opportunism that exploits religion and tribe for narrow political purposes. Sustainable solutions cannot be built at the expense of human values and cannot be imposed through mechanisms of violence and terrorism.
We urge you to engage with the Azawad issue as a just humanitarian cause that requires genuine international support to put an end to the ongoing suffering of the people of Azawad. This requires action by relevant parties at all political and humanitarian levels to guarantee the rights of the Azawad people to peace, security, and independence.
In this context, we appeal to you:
Support efforts to achieve peaceful political solutions that guarantee the rights of all parties without exclusion or marginalization.
Condemn all forms of military intervention aimed at destroying Azawad society or turning it into an arena for settling political scores.
Press international parties to provide humanitarian and medical support to the Azawad people suffering the consequences of the conflict.
Azawad is not just a land to be seized and left to the hands of mercenaries; it is a homeland with a long history, a generous people, and a land yearning for peace.
We hope this message resonates with your hearts and minds, and that you will join our efforts to raise awareness and help find just and sustainable solutions to the Azawad issue.
Please accept our highest respect and appreciation.
Azawad Freedom Voice
16-04-25
A statement to the free people of Azawad: Enough! The revolution has been stolen… and the thief is among us!
O people of Azawad,
O sons of mountains, sand, and blood,
O you who were born from the womb of oppression, and nurtured dignity from the bosom of the desert…
We come to you with these words, not as a game, nor as an exaggeration, nor as a means of emotional stimulation…
We come to speak the bitter truth… The real bitter truth: Our problem is not with Mali, our problem is with us!
Yes, listen carefully:
The one who destroyed Azawad is not the enemy coming from far away… but rather the “close one” who stabbed him in the back, the one who was with us in the trench, and today serves in the Bamako palace or in the intelligence offices!
The revolution of the 1990s was stolen… and the thieves of the revolution are the same ones who dominate the scene today. They represent no one but themselves, and their only loyalty is to power and money!
The one who sold his blood, and the blood of the martyrs, and rode the wave of religion, now justifies the killing of innocents in the name of the “caliphate”!
And those who hide behind the tribe use it as a weapon to destroy the unity of Azawad, betraying their people for a position in the enemy’s army!
And those who chanted for freedom became servants of Mali or mouthpieces of Algeria!
And the people? They are killed! They are starved! They are accused of terrorism! They are used as pawns! And they are patient…
We say it today, in a voice that no longer accepts submission:
Azawad will not be liberated while there are traitors in it who wear the garb of mujahideen!
No state will be established while the tribe has become a weapon!
A cause will not rise, and religion has become a trade between blood brokers!
Our message:
To Ayad Ghali and those who follow him: You no longer represent anything but destruction! You are a project of fragmentation, not liberation.
To Al-Haji Gamo: He who gives his weapon to his enemy cannot be trusted with his people!
To every tribal leader who remains silent in the face of injustice: Your silence is treason, and your history will be recorded today not in poetry, but in blood.
To the youth:
O new generation of Azawad, be careful!
Don’t believe the fake turbaned ones, and don’t obey the tribal sheikhs who sold us out in the past.
Create your own leadership and write your own history, with your own voice, not in the shadow of traitors.
O Azawad… Capitals will not liberate you. The United Nations will not do you justice. You will not get your rights until you expel treason from your home and the enemy from your borders!
Azawad Freedom Voice
16-04-25
Report by the Azawad Freedom Voice – regional states position on the Azawad issue and independence.
Introduction
Since the declaration of Azawad’s independence in 2012, political and military tensions in the region have not ceased. The regional states surrounding Azawad—Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Libya—take different positions based on their geopolitical interests. This report explains the positions of these states based on facts and in-depth analysis.
1. Algeria: A Pivotal and Cautious Role.
Algeria considers itself the largest regional power in North Africa and has a long border with Mali, making it a key player in Azawad.
Algeria has adopted a position in support of “the unity of Mali” and has clearly opposed any move for Azawad’s independence, fearing that separatist movements would spread to its territory, especially in the Kabylie region.
Algeria has used its diplomatic influence to brake peace agreements, such as the 2015 Algiers Agreement, but has not provided real support for the Azawadis’ demands for independence.
It hosted several rounds of negotiations between Mali and the Azawad movements, but it always tended towards “integration” solutions within Mali, not complete independence.
It supports intelligence agencies within Azawad to monitor the situation, and it has spies in the region to spy on the movements of the Azawad leaders.
Analysis:
→ Algeria does not want Azawad independence, but it does not want a strong Mali either. It prefers to keep the region weak so that it can intervene and influence as it pleases.
2. Morocco: Pragmatic neutrality.
Morocco does not oppose Azawad independence, but it does not support it openly either.
Morocco focuses on economic and diplomatic relations with Mali and the Sahel countries, and maintains a channel of communication with Azawad leaders without direct intervention.
Morocco has not made any negative intervention against Azawad independence, unlike Algeria, and has not prevented Azawad political activity on its territory.
Morocco sees Azawad as not posing a threat to it, unlike Algeria, which sees its independence as a strategic danger.
Analysis:
→ Morocco prefers to remain neutral and not get involved, but leaves the door open to dealing with Azawad in the future.
3. Mauritania: The dual position.
Mauritania has relations with Azawad, but does not officially support independence.
Mauritania hosts a large number of Azawad refugees, but at the same time works with Mali and Algeria to prevent the escalation of any independence movements.
Its security services occasionally arrest Azawad activists or hand over wanted persons to Mali.
However, it is considered a haven for some Azawad leaders who find it difficult to move around the region due to regional pressures.
Analysis:
→ Mauritania does not support Azawad independence, but it is not a direct enemy of it. Its position is based on balancing security interests and regional pressures.
4. Niger: The security threat first.
Niger completely rejects Azawad independence, fearing that the secessionist contagion will spread to the Tuareg within its territory.
It supports Mali militarily and security-wise and considers itself a partner in the fight against the “separatists”, although its position is not as strong as that of Algeria.
It cooperates with France in intelligence to monitor Azawad movements.
Analysis:
→ Niger considers any independence for Azawad a threat to its national unity, and is therefore a partner of Mali in suppressing Azawad ambitions.
5. Chad: the regional military power.
Chad is a key member of the G5 Sahel group, and is more interested in fighting terrorism than in the issue of Azawad independence.
Despite the presence of Chadian forces in the region, it does not intervene directly in the Azawad issue.
Chad follows France’s policy in the region, and therefore it cannot be expected to support Azawad independence at the present time.
Analysis:
→ Chad is a military power in the region but is not a major player in the Azawad issue.
6. Burkina Faso: The country that changed its position.
In recent years, with the rise of Russian influence in Burkina Faso, it has begun to take more independent positions from France.
However, its official position remains supportive of the unity of Mali, for fear of the instability spreading to it.
It has no direct intervention in the Azawad file, but it cooperates on security matters with Niger and Mali against the armed Azawad movements.
Analysis:
→ Burkina Faso has not shown a decisive position towards Azawad, but it tends to reject any separatist movement due to its fragile security situation.
7. Libya: Chaos and unintended neutrality
Since the collapse of the Gaddafi regime, Libya has become an unstable country, and it does not have a clear position towards the independence of Azawad.
Some Libyan factions sympathize with the Tuaregs, while others see them as a threat due to their previous relationship with Gaddafi.
There are Libyan Tuaregs fighting in the ranks of the Azawad movements, but the Libyan state itself is not an active party in the issue.
Analysis:
→ Libya is not a major player in the Azawad issue due to its internal chaos.
Conclusion: Who is the friend and who is the enemy?
Algeria: The first enemy of Azawad independence, uses spies and covert tactics to thwart it.
Niger: Totally rejects independence and supports Mali against any separatist movements.
Mauritania: Seemingly neutral but cooperates with Mali on security matters.
Morocco: Neutral but does not prevent Azawad activity on its territory.
Chad, Burkina Faso, and Libya: Not directly active in the Azawad issue.
Conclusion:
Azawad stands almost alone in its battle, without clear regional support, but with clear Algerian and Nigerien hostility. If the Azawadis want to achieve independence, they will have to rely on themselves and build new alliances outside the region, especially with global powers that may have an interest in undermining Algerian and Nigerien influence in the Sahel.
Azawad Freedom Voice 05-03-25
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