Coordination of Azawad Movements

Coordination of Azawad Movements
ⵜⴰⵙⵈ ⵏ ⵜⵏⴰⴾⵔⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⵢⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ
تنسيقية الحركات الأزوادية
Coordination des mouvements de l'Azawad
LeadersBilal Ag Acherif
Alghabass Ag Intalla
Mohamed Ag Najem
Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati X
Ibrahim Ould Handa[1]
Dates of operation28 October 2014 – present
HeadquartersKidal (until 2023)
Active regionsAzawad/northern Mali
IdeologyNationalism
Azawad Autonomy
Berberism
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The Coordination of Azawad Movements (French: Coordination des mouvements de l'Azawad (CMA); Tamasheq: ⵜⴰⵙⵈ ⵏ ⵜⵏⴰⴾⵔⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⵢⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ; Arabic: تنسيقية الحركات الأزوادية) is a large coalition of Tuareg independentist and Arab nationalist groups that formed in Mali during the Northern Mali conflict in 2014.[2]

Organization

See also: Ouagadagou Declaration

The CMA was founded on 28 October 2014 as an alliance of three separate rebel groups:

Other groups claim to belong to the CMA but are not recognized by its founding members:

The CMA formed the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development (CSP-PSD) coalition with Platform in 2021. Platform withdrew from the CSP-PSD in 2024.

The CMA is chaired by Ibrahim Ould Handa as of 2023.[1] Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, president of the CMA from 2017 to 2018, was assassinated in Bamako on April 13, 2021.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Flore Monteau (20 July 2023). "El Ejército francés se detiene ante Kidal, el feudo de la minoría tuareg de Malí". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Les groupes du nord du Mali cherchent à accorder leurs violons pour Alger - RFI". rfi.fr. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  3. ^ "MAPPING ARMED GROUPS IN MALI AND THE SAHEL". ecfr.eu. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  4. ^ "Mali: Prominent leader of ex-Tuareg-led rebel alliance shot dead". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  5. ^ "Mali ex-rebels say prominent leader Ould Sidati shot dead". France 24. 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2023-10-08.


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