Tuareg rebellions in Mali

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armed conflict ethnic conflict rebellion separatist movement

The Tuareg rebellions in Mali are a series of uprisings by Tuareg groups in northern Mali seeking greater autonomy or independence, which have repeatedly destabilized the region since the 1960s.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Mali conflict 10
Mali War 4
Malian Civil War 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
ethnic conflict ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
separatist movement ⓘ
causeOf humanitarian crises in northern Mali ⓘ
political instability in Mali ⓘ
characterizedBy guerrilla warfare ⓘ
negotiated peace accords ⓘ
periodic ceasefires ⓘ
conflictType intermittent insurgency ⓘ
low-intensity conflict ⓘ
country Mali ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg people
hasPart 1962–1964 Tuareg rebellion in Mali ⓘ
1990–1995 Tuareg rebellion in Mali ⓘ
Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2006 Tuareg rebellion in Mali

Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 2007–2009 Tuareg rebellion in Mali

2012 Tuareg rebellion in Mali ⓘ
impact opening space for jihadist groups in northern Mali ⓘ
weakening of Malian state authority in the north ⓘ
involves National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ⓘ
various Tuareg armed groups ⓘ
location Timbuktu Region ⓘ
surface form: Azawad

Kidal Region ⓘ
surface form: Northern Mali
mainParticipants Government of Mali ⓘ
Tuareg ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg groups
motivation greater autonomy for northern Mali ⓘ
independence of Azawad ⓘ
opposedBy Malian Armed Forces ⓘ
pro-government militias in Mali ⓘ
peaceAgreement 1992 National Pact (Mali) ⓘ
2015 Algiers Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali ⓘ
peaceProcess Algiers peace negotiations ⓘ
politicalGoal decentralization of the Malian state ⓘ
recognition of Tuareg identity and rights ⓘ
region Sahara Desert ⓘ
surface form: Sahara

Sahel ⓘ
relatedTo Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Azawad conflict

Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Malian Civil War

Tuareg rebellions in Niger ⓘ
resultedIn cycles of violence and retaliation ⓘ
displacement of civilians in northern Mali ⓘ
startTime 1962 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Belgian Armed Forces → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali conflict
EUTM Mali → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
EUTM Mali → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali War
Legión Española → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali War
Malian Armed Forces → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Operation Serval → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Royal Netherlands Army → conflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali War
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War (2012–present)
Tuareg → conflictInvolvement → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
Mali → hasConflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Tuareg rebellions in Mali → hasPart → Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2006 Tuareg rebellion in Mali
Tuareg rebellions in Mali → hasPart → Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2007–2009 Tuareg rebellion in Mali
Foreign Legion → historicalConflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mali War
Kidal Region → historicalEvent → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
Kidal Region → historicalEvent → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2012 Tuareg rebellion
Kidal Region → historicalEvent → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Kel Adagh → involvedIn → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
Ansar Dine → involvedInConflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Ansar Dine → involvedInConflict → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Operation Barkhane → partOf → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Mali conflict
Operation Serval → partOf → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: War in Mali
Tuareg rebellions in Mali → relatedTo → Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azawad conflict
Tuareg rebellions in Mali → relatedTo → Tuareg rebellions in Mali self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malian Civil War
Tuareg rebellions in Niger → relatedTo → Tuareg rebellions in Mali ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuareg rebellion in Mali