Bamako – July 2, 2025
Upon his return from Moscow, the president of the Malian transition met with General Alhaji Ag Gamou and his political mentor, Alhamdou Ag Ilyène. This meeting, held behind closed doors, reportedly focused on strengthening internal alliances amid the security turmoil in the Kidal region.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the president publicly thanked the general for his loyalty to the Malian state, and even more so for his silence in the face of the abuses perpetrated by the FAMa and their allies in the Wagner group, particularly in the Kidal, Tessit, and Tin-Essako districts. Testimonies from the field speak of extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances, and collective reprisals, particularly targeting the Imghad population, from which the general hails.
In a gesture both symbolic and controversial, an envelope of 600 million CFA francs was reportedly handed over to the general, ostensibly to help the victims’ families. However, many observers believe this is more of an attempt at political compensation to stifle criticism and cover up the massacres committed in the region.
General Ag Gamou, an influential military figure in the north, has long been accused of exploiting the Imghad community in the service of the Malian state, to the detriment of its community interests and its relations with other Tuareg communities. Under his command, the Imghad never obtained an administrative region or a circle of their own, despite their involvement in all of the regime’s military campaigns.
Even more seriously, voices are now being raised within the Tuareg community to denounce the general’s role in the deterioration of relations between the Imghad and their neighbors in Gourma and Adagh. “He sacrificed Tuareg unity on the altar of loyalty to Mali,” accuses a young civil society activist in Kidal.
For many northerners, the future of the Imghad cannot be built on submission to a state that does not protect them, but on unity and solidarity within Azawad, where their historical rights and identity can finally be recognized.
While General Ag Gamou is now calling for a “general mobilization” of the Imghad, some see it as a last-ditch effort to preserve their eroding influence and divert attention from shared responsibility for the ever-escalating violence.
On 25/06/2025, a FAMa patrol and Russians from Africa Corps went to the Ounder well located in the Eghachar Sadidane valley, 18 km north of Kidal, where they carried out the summary execution of 7 civilians, including an 8-year-old child. The body of one of the victims was trapped and the child’s body was thrown to the bottom of a well. All the other bodies were burned.
Furthermore, more than a dozen of the people allegedly abducted by the said mission remain unaccounted for.
Those killed are:
1) Ahmad Ag Adass, leader of the Ifarkassan faction,
2) Mossa Ag Inhaye
3) Sika Ag Langache
4) Ibrahim Ag Tizoghala
5) Alkasme Ag Mossa
6) Akli Ag Anjou
7) Ag Tohama
On June 30, 2025, a FAMa/Africa Corps convoy opened fire on a camp near Imboguitane (Anefif), Kidal region, before physically assaulting several elderly people. The following damage was recorded.
1) Idrissa AG Ibrahim, 4 years old, injured in the hand,
2) Fadimata Walette Mohamed, 4 years old, injured and shot in the chest
3) Warjissame Walette Mohamed, 8 years old, injured in the head, near the eye.
4) Ibrahim AG Rabidine, suffered physical violence
5) Alamine AG Ahmed, suffered physical violence
6) IDWAL AG Agali, suffered physical violence;
7) Dawad AG Agali, suffered physical violence;
8) Rabidine AG Alhanossi, suffered physical violence
9) Marou Walette Oulamine, suffered physical violence;
10) Amaye AG Wanane and two other people whose names have not yet been identified, were seriously injured by rifle butts.
Two motorcycles burned and several other damages. This mission ordered the camp to leave before the next visit.
Totally it`s 2000 victims spread across different regions.
Mohamed Ag Ahmedou – Mehari Consulting.
07-03-25
See the long list of some of these victims of the Malian army and Wagner in this article as well as the page “LIST OF VICTIMS KILLED IN AZAWAD” The list on the page is partly the same but more comprehensive.
Azawad Support Group