National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad

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The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad is a Tuareg-led separatist group in northern Mali that has sought independence or autonomy for the Azawad region through armed rebellion and political advocacy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political organization
rebel group
separatist movement
accusedOf human rights abuses
alliedWith Arab Movement of Azawad
High Council for the Unity of Azawad
armedStruggleBegan 2012
claimsTerritory Gao Region
Kidal Region
Timbuktu Region
claimsToRepresent Tuareg population of northern Mali
conflict 2012 Tuareg rebellion
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
surface form: Northern Mali conflict
countryOfOperation Mali
declaredIndependenceDate 2012-04-06
declaredIndependenceOf Timbuktu Region
surface form: Azawad
demands control over local security in Azawad
greater political representation for northern Mali
recognition of Azawad as a political entity
denies responsibility for certain abuses attributed to it
ethnicBase Tuareg
foundedInPeriod late 2011
goal autonomy for Azawad
independence of Azawad
hasWing armed wing
political wing
headquartersRegion Kidal Region
surface form: Kidal area
ideology Tuareg nationalism
separatism
languageOfCommunication French
Tamasheq
opposedBy Government of Mali
Islamist armed groups in northern Mali
Malian Armed Forces
opposes centralized rule from Bamako
participatedIn Algiers peace negotiations
surface form: Algiers peace process on Mali
recognizedBy no United Nations member state as government of Azawad
regionOfActivity Timbuktu Region
surface form: Azawad

Timbuktu Region
surface form: Northern Mali
relatedTo Tuareg independence movements in the Sahara
Tuareg rebellions in Mali
shortName MNLA
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mouvement national de libération de l’Azawad
signedAgreement 2015 Algiers Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali
surface form: 2015 Algiers Peace Agreement for Mali
statusOfAzawadClaim not internationally recognized
usesMethod armed rebellion
political advocacy

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Tuareg rebellions in Mali involves National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad shortName National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mouvement national de libération de l’Azawad
Mali War participant National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
Mali War opposedBy National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
this entity surface form: Tuareg separatist groups