Tag: Colonialism
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AZAWAD AT THE HEART OF TUAREG DEBATES
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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.
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RESPONSE TO ANDRÈ BOURGEOT AND THOSE WHO DENY THE HISTORICAL EXISTENCE OF AZAWAD.
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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…
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A SPEECH THAT TRANSCENDS BOUNDARIES
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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.
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SEVERAL HUMAN SKELETONS FOUND IN AMACHACH IN TESSALIT – AZAWAD
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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.
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THE AZAWAD CAUSE DOES NOT DATE BACK TO YESTERDAY
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The Azawad cause does not date back to yesterday, or to 2012: Here is a multi-page letter signed by more than 300 Azawad chiefs addressed to De Gaulle in 1958, two years before Mali’s independence, asking not to be annexed to it.