{"id":10521,"date":"2026-04-25T22:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/?p=10521"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:00:53","slug":"the-city-of-kidal-has-been-liberated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/the-city-of-kidal-has-been-liberated\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CITY OF KIDAL HAS BEEN LIBERATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"2250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?fit=537%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_02\" class=\"wp-image-10532\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.5244148075807977;width:737px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=157%2C300&amp;ssl=1 157w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=537%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=768%2C1464&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=806%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 806w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=1074%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1074w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_02.png?resize=6%2C12&amp;ssl=1 6w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Good news for Azawad: The city of Kidal has been liberated by the courageous Azawad army, the FLA. The city of Kidal, the stronghold of liberal revolutions, falls by the hands of the liberal army on this 25th of april 2026. And the city of Kidal is back in the hands of its legitimate sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This is part of a coordinated and synchronized attack targeting the major cities of Azwad: Kidal and Gao, in addition to the historical city of the region, Tin Bouctu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Today, the people of Azawad are rejoicing, after having suffered for so long at the hands of the terrorist junta &amp; Wagner\/Africa Corps, who have relentlessly massacred and tortured them to no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The city has has been occupied since November 14, 2023 by foreign mercenaries, later joined by their Malian auxiliaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-23d4ee0129a139bbb034b2f1958efae7\">The indigenous Azawadian population were forced to leave or got killed by Fama and Wagner in an attempt by the authorities in Bamako to change the demography of Azawad. by <em>replacing the original population<\/em> (<em>Tuaregs, Fulanis, Arabs etc)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-0c3fa02b886301b4c9cd1b4922820ab3\">On October 5, 2025, the Azawadian city of Kidal was more and more emptied of its &#8220;new population&#8221; fleeing the city which was put under siege by the Azawad Liberation Front. This is the new population that was installed by the junta in Bamako, replacing the indigenous community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">In a blatantly provocative scene, and with no regard for any values \u200b\u200bor norms, these savage thugs looted and stole everything they could find worth, destroying and vandalizing the property of the Azawadis who two years ago fled Wagner and the Malian army!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">After two years of occupying and settling the homes of the Azawadis, the settlers are carrying their belongings, piling whatever they could steal onto trucks, and returning to where they came from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This appears to be the &#8220;failed end&#8221; of a demographic change scheme, which has already occurred in the Timbuktu and Gao regions in recent decades as a result of ethnic cleansing campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Azawad Contexts<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Almost four years has passed since the entry of Wagner mercenaries and Mali into Kidal: They fought civilians and bombed children and women. Today, and by the grace of God, the victorious entry into the city of Kidal for the Azawad people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">After years of oppression and violence towards Azawadian civilians &#8211; here is the Azawad army beginning liberation operations across all corners of Azawad and its major cities &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"695\" data-id=\"10534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_2.png?resize=604%2C695&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_2\" class=\"wp-image-10534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_2.png?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_2.png?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_2.png?resize=10%2C12&amp;ssl=1 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=777%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_4\" class=\"wp-image-10536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=777%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 777w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=228%2C300&amp;ssl=1 228w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=768%2C1012&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=1165%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1165w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_4.png?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"988\" data-id=\"10535\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?resize=1024%2C988&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_7\" class=\"wp-image-10535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?resize=1024%2C988&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?resize=768%2C741&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?resize=12%2C12&amp;ssl=1 12w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_7.png?w=1151&amp;ssl=1 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?resize=835%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_12\" class=\"wp-image-10533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?resize=835%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 835w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?resize=245%2C300&amp;ssl=1 245w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?resize=768%2C941&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?resize=10%2C12&amp;ssl=1 10w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_12.jpg?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 835px) 100vw, 835px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Long live a free Azawad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?fit=1024%2C754&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kidal_01\" class=\"wp-image-10537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=1024%2C754&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=768%2C565&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=1536%2C1131&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=2048%2C1507&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/freeazawad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kidal_01-scaled.png?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Azawad Support group 25-04-26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-bbc451ac11c6172b04f7e896fe0623f8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/\">H  O  M  E<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news for Azawad: The city of Kidal has been liberated by the courageous Azawad army, the FLA. The city of Kidal, the stronghold of liberal revolutions, falls by the hands of the liberal army on this 25th of april 2026. And the city of Kidal is back in the hands of its legitimate sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,335,140,627,677,381],"tags":[608,106,441,455,260,295,457,159],"class_list":["post-10521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-azawad-liberation-front","category-azawad-news","category-azawad-mali-fama-africa_corps-wagner-atrocities-terrorism-genocide-racism-human-rights-violations","category-colonialism-oppression-neglect-exploitation-azawad-mali","category-sahel","tag-azawad-freedom_of_azawad-dignity_of_azawad-justice_of_azawad-self-determination_for_azawad-voice_of_azawad-azawad_under_marginalization-justice_for_marginalized_peoples","tag-azawad-liberation-front","tag-free_azawad","tag-freedom_against_oppression","tag-freedom_fight","tag-freedom_fighters","tag-freedom_for_azawad","tag-kidal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10521"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10542,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10521\/revisions\/10542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeazawad.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}