Tuareg rebellion (2007–2009)

2382:. Imouraren, scheduled to open in 2012, will replace Areva's current Arlit Uranium mine, and as planned will be the largest Uranium mine in the world. Tandja drove through the streets of Agadez, met with local leaders, and for the first time, met with representatives of the rebel groups. The President broadcast as statement saying "We have asked them to put down their weapons and come build the country with us. We forgive them because we want peace in Niger", promising for the first time amnesty for rebels who disarmed. Prior to the meeting, the MNJ released the last FAN prisoner it had held, an Army captain taken in July 2007, whom rebels had previously accused of killing civilians. Rebels and government continued negotiations, now reportedly on the practical process of turning in weapons. While all sides released positive statements, an FFR spokesman warned "The process of turning in weapons will be a rather long one." The MNJ briefly announced it would not agree to any disarmament until several of its political demands had been met, but later backed away from this statement. Four party talks between the Nigerien minister of the Interior and the leadership of the 903: 2923:(1) The marginalization of Tuareg people must end; the government of Niger must support the diversity of its citizens; decentralization must be accelerated; Tuaregs must be recruited into the military and incorporated into governance so as to achieve ethnic balance; (2) the state's scarce resources must be more evenly allocated so as to permit Tuaregs to establish effective socio-economic infrastructures in Tuareg regions; in particular, revenues from the uranium mining activities in Tuareg regions must be used primarily for economic growth in both Tuareg regions and the rest of Niger; and (3) security in the North should be focused on protection from outside threats; the armed forces in Tuareg regions in the North should be recruited from the Tuareg population, so that it will be viewed by the Tuaregs as an extension of society, and not an army consisting mainly of members of other ethnic clans who serve their own purposes, and who do not identify with the Tuareg people. 1400:, was not reported to have been vocal on the conflict, but his radio station had been banned by the government in 1998, and rebroadcasts western news reports in Niger, where western reporters have been highly restricted by the government and Radio France was accused by the government (July 2007) of siding with the rebels. The neighborhood is also reported to house many Army officers (which might conceivably have made it a target for the rebels), and another mine was found some 200m from the blast site. The government blamed the MNJ. The government's press chief Ben Omar Mohammed called on the population to set up "vigilance brigades" to fight against "these new types of assassins". The MNJ denied the attack, and said it blamed "Niger army militias". 2423:. The governments of Niger and Mali, as well as Tuareg rebel groups, had come under unusual international pressure over the taking of these seven hostages under mysterious circumstances, even prior to the acknowledged involvement of the AQIM. The original two abduction incidents (two Canadian diplomats, their driver, and four European tourists seized weeks later) were blamed by Niger on rebels, and by the MNJ on the Niger government. Western news sources quoted a variety of observers who believed the hostages were taken by Tuareg smugglers, perhaps associated with rebel groups, who then sold them to the AQIM. Two of the four European tourists were later released. One of the two remaining, British tourist 2167:, returned to ceasefire and cantonment near Kidal. According to the Malian military, Fagaga came into cantonment with 400 ADC fighters. On 26 January, Fagaga and the remained of the cease-fire ADC announced that they would transfer their headquarters and bases south of Kidal. With all other ADC forces remaining on ceasefire, it was unclear how many fighters chose to remain with Ag Bahanga and his ATNMC faction, especially as the faction itself claimed in late 2007 to have no more than 165 men under arms. On 6 February, the Malian Armed Forces claimed they had taken the last of the ATNMC positions, while Ag Bahanga and an unknown number of fighters had crossed the border into Algeria. 2307:" for sending "a strong signal in the direction af a return to peace" On 15 April, the Nigerien government released a positive statement, saying that negotiations gave the government a chance to assure the rebels of their desire for peace. Meetings were headed by the Libyan mediators, Albadé Abouba for Niger, Aghali Alambo for the MNJ, Mohamed Aoutchiki Kriska (FFR), and Aklou Sidi Sidi, president of the FPN. The FPN leadership continued to release positive statements, but they, like the Nigerien government, accused the remaining MNJ leadership of dragging their feet over the remaining FAN prisoner, an army officer captured in 2007 and accused by the rebels of war crimes. 517:, as well as to the south of Niger and Mali in the 1990s returned only in the late 1990s. Former fighters were to be integrated into national militaries, but the process has been slow and caused increased resentment. Malian Tuaregs had conducted some raids in 2005–2006, which ended in a renewed peace agreement. Fighting in both nations was carried on largely in parallel, but not in concert. While fighting was mostly confined to guerrilla attacks and army counterattacks, large portions of the desert north of each nation were no-go zones for the military and civilians fled to regional capitals like 2215:

Beginning in February 2009, there was intensive involvement with the Nigerien government and the rebel groups by the UN, Canada, and later by Algeria and Mali, and finally Libya. Canadian and other sources floated rumors of Tuareg rebel and even Nigerien government involvement in the kidnappings, which all sides united to deny. Malian and Algerian government mediators, as well as informal groups representing Tuareg interests and the Nigerien government met at a Malian organised conference in Niamey on 25 and 26 February. Press in Bamako and Niamey began to talk of the "Malian Approach" to peace.

2060:: "Enough is enough. We cannot continue to suffer, we cannot keep counting our dead... We cannot keep searching for peace... They are firing on anything that moves. They are firing on soldiers, they're firing on civilians, what does all this mean?" He claimed that while Nampala had no strategic importance, it was "close to the different routes and paths that take drugs across the Sahara-Sahel strip". This was a reiteration of the government contention that elements of the rebels were motivated not by political motives, but by their supposed involvement in the lucrative Saharan smuggling trade. 3726:"The Malian Red Cross estimates that 21,000 people were affected by floods in Mali this year, stretching from small communities around Gao in the desert areas in the north, to the far west region of Kayes, one of the poorest and most isolated regions of Mali. While the overall number is relatively small compared to the 1.5 million people aid agencies say were affected by floods across the continent, Mali lies on a West African fault-line of natural disasters that makes it more likely than not that almost every community will be hit by one if not more natural disasters or epidemics every year." 1175:, Mali, where the town remained surrounded by rebel forces for at least four days. A C-130 aircraft was air-dropping supplies to Malian troops when it was hit, but returned safely to base. United States officials did not say if they would continue to re-supply the Malian Army, but one official said the "occurrence was not regular". The same reports also alleged that several unnamed army posts in the far northeast were similarly surrounded. The international press reported that Tin-Zaouatene was being reinforced by the Malian army on 18 September, and that the rebels had withdrawn. 2140:—reputedly Ibrahim Ag Bahanga's lieutenant—called on the government to accept Algerian mediation and an immediate cease fire. The group had previously rejected an Algerian peace deal accepted by the remainder of the ADC, and on 25 January, Ag Bahanga had told an Algerian paper that their only alternative was armed conflict. The Malian Armed Forces stated on that same day that they would not engage in talks with Ag Bahanga's fighters, describing them as "bandits". Malian forces set up a forward base in the Kidal Region and say they have killed 31 ATNM fighters since 22 January. 995:. The government expected a greater share of the proceeds of these new mines than it has received from the Arlit operations dominated by the former colonial power. More than a dozen prospecting contracts have been offered to companies from Canada and Europe as well, and there are also worries amongst the French that the Arlit mines, nearing the end of their useful life, must soon be replaced by new concessions. Areva has begun work on a new mine outside Arlit, but even prior to this conflict, it was not expected to be operational for a number of years. 1203:

2007–2008, beginning at the end of 2007 and ending in May 2008. Major conflict in Mali spiked in August and September 2007 as the rains ended and pastoralists moved their herds. Following the siege of Kidal, fighting remained sporadic in Mali after the beginning of 2008, but continued heavily in Niger. As the dry season began, unusual rains struck Mali and Niger with particular ferocity. As a result, the governments of the two nations began to take markedly different strategies for confronting the Tuareg rebellion.

2265: 2095:) in which it said it killed 20 fighters and took 8 prisoners, one of whom later died. El Khabar of Algeria reported that the initial assaults by the Malian Army in January were led by former ADC fighters and commanded by a former associate of Ag Bahanga's Colonel Mohamed Oueld Midou. Other Malian press reports claimed that the Malian forces were led by Arab militias recruited by the government. One editorial in Le Republican (Bamako) argued that this, along with the growing resurgence of former 1837:, well away from any previous rebel attacks. The MNJ denied involvement, but a statement attributed to Ag Boula took responsibility for the kidnapping in the name of the FFR. Mohamed Awtchiki Kriska, on the other hand, denied that the FFR was responsible. Previous kidnappings acknowledged by the MNJ in the conflict—those of a Chinese mining executive in 2007, a Nigerien parliamentarian and Red Cross head, a Nigerien Prefect, and four Areva officials, all in 2008—were all quickly resolved. 1702:. The MNJ claimed that Bocar Mohamed Sougouma, (alias Warabé) had joined the rebellion with a group of former Toubou rebels in January 2008, but that the MNJ had suspected him of being a government agent, and banished him in June 2008 from their bases on the Tamgak Plateau near Iferaouane. The MNJ denied from the beginning of 2008 the use of landmines, while the government charged the rebels with widespread attacks on civilians by indiscriminate use of landmines as far south as 1760:

nuclear power station for Niger. While Areva officials earlier in the year admitted that the security situation made it impossible to prospect at night, and that the fighting had frightened off prospecting for new sites, the operations of the mines were, by December, unaffected by the Tuareg rebellion. Despite the awarding of nearly 100 prospecting contracts to firms other than Areva in 2007, the high-profile Chinese and Canadian projects were not yet formalised as of 2009.

1815:(CRA) rebel front, was announced as the president of the new group, and Ag Boula was named as "Commissioner of War". Kriska had only joined the MNJ in November 2007. One writer on Tuareg affairs speculated that the group, because of the familial ties of its leaders, might have close relationships with Libyan Tuaregs. One journalist speculated that Ag Boula's faction might be in Libya of along the Malian border, postulating a close relationship with 2402:) had begun, with the first of 1200 expected FLN fighters arriving at a cantonment center 45 km outside Agadez. Their announced plan was to gather fighters there, and begin turning in arms within two weeks. In a 4 June 2009 interview, the President of the FPN said that their group had 2403 men under arms. FFR had not announced the number of their forces, and it is unknown what the MNJ force strength was after the FPN splintered from them. 1780:-based French mining company Areva. The MNJ did not publish or respond to Ag Boula's statement, and he had not previously spoken for the group. No attack on the Areva installations was immediately forthcoming, and observers noted that while attacks took place in early 2007 and in June 2008, the MNJ had largely refrained from attacking both of the mining operations, as well as the economically critical transport of Uranium ore over the highways. 866:. Unlike the Niger ex-combatants, who appeared successfully integrated into national the Nigerien Armed Forces, small numbers of Malian Tuaregs remained restive, complaining of the Kidal region's poverty. Some were involved in cross border smuggling, and crime was endemic in the region. A splinter faction of the Tuareg ex-combatants rose as the ADC in 2006. After agreeing to a ceasefire, these forces apparently splintered further in 2007. 566:

2008, with the help of Libya, a formal ceasefire was declared, though it was quickly followed by new, retributive attacks from both sides. Resumed diplomatic and military pressure, with the intervention of Algerian diplomacy, brought what appeared to be a final reintegration of the Malian rebel factions in July 2008, along much the same lines of the 2006 peace plan. After both Libyan and Algerian sponsored peace talks, Malian rebel leader

1245: 230: 194: 134: 239: 146: 1961: 1795:) brought into the Nigerien government after the end of the 1990s rebellion. In the 1990s, he had coordinated a dozen rebel factions in the FLAA (Front de Libération de l'Azawak et de l'Aïr) and then signed the peace deal with the Niamey authorities on their behalf. Afterwards, he headed his own political party, the UDPS (Union pour la démocratie et le progrès social) Ag Boula was appointed in December 1997 as 1378:, areas previously far from the fighting. The MNJ denied targeting civilians, and made counter claims that government militia had continued indiscriminate attacks on Tuareg communities in the north. Western press sources claimed that the rebels were responsible for laying mines that hit Army vehicles, as well as a spike in mines laid in populated areas. On 9 January 2008, the first violence was reported in 5555: 1109:, near the meeting of the Mali, Algerian, and Niger borders. On 22 May 2006, a number of former Tuareg rebel, including Hassan ag Fagaga and Ibrahim ag Bahanga intensified their campaign with the simultaneous seizing of arms and material from the military bases in Menaka and Kidal, after which the assailants took to the former rebel bases from the 1990s in the Tigharghar mountains of the Kidal region. 686: 976:, a retired colonel in the French Army and former military attaché to the French embassy in Niger, came into the spotlight. Pin admitted that the April attacks had caused them to cease operations for a month, and his security chief said that landmines prevented ore shipments. The MNJ, on the other hand, claimed that the government had been laying Chinese-made landmines throughout the region. 5551: 1053:, giving the security forces extra powers to fight the insurgency. This marks only the third such declaration in the history of the Republic. It was unclear by late September whether the violence had lessened in northern Niger as a result of negotiations with the MNJ, or whether new violence was simply being effectively suppressed. Organisations such as the 1285:, Malian Minister of the Interior, for the Malian government. 92 prisoners held by the rebels would be released, amnesties were promised for rebels, and re-integration into the military along the lines of the 2006 deal was promised for Tuareg fighters. This agreement held throughout 2008, and by the end of the year the Malian conflict seemed resolved. 1440:) was reported by both sides as resulting in civilian casualties. The government reported that army forces fired on civilian vehicles who wandered into fighting with MNJ units who had been ambushed laying mines. The MNJ countered that government militias attacked a civilian convoy, killing a number of civilians, including two Libyan foreign workers. 2435:, to a military cooperative agreement to secure the Saharan borders where Tuareg rebels, AQIM militants, as well as smugglers and criminal gangs, operated. Discussions with the governments of Niger and Mauritania were proposed. Under the agreement, states would receive arms from Algeria and engage in joint operations against AQIM and other threats. 1678:. The current peace deal in the Malian conflict took place in July under the auspices of Libya's regional rival Algeria. Aghaly ag Alambo released a statement saying that although they were willing to engage in peace negotiations, they would not lay down their arms unilaterally, and the Malian and Nigerien rebels cannot speak for one another. 5723: 5742: 1674:, announcing that the Tuareg would lay down arms in both Mali and Niger following a peace brokered by Libya. The MNJ later discounted this as a hoax. This was likely a film of Malian rebel leader Ibrahim Ag Bahanga discussing the April peace talks with the Malian government in Libya, hence the reference to Malian leadership and Colonel 1903:, as well as Nigerien press groups including The Nigerien National Union of Press Workers (SYNATIC) and Le Republicain newspaper. Despite his release, several journalists remain jailed for alleged contact with the rebels, and at least three radio stations (Nigeriens main source of news) have been closed by the authorities. 619:, rejecting any negotiations, pursued a crackdown on rebel forces and declared a state of emergency in the north which by December 2007 threatened to spark a humanitarian crisis. High-profile arrests of domestic and foreign media, the expulsion of European NGOs from the area, and the reported human rights practices of the 1580: 1345:, with the entire civilian population apparently fleeing after the army and rebels started fighting in the area in mid-2007. Humanitarian sources were quoted saying that the army was operating with little control and adding to—rather than suppressing—banditry, drug-trafficking and lawlessness in the north. 1093: 59: 1323:

In Niger, the government strategy was to continue military pressure on the MNJ, declaring them criminal gangs with whom they will have no negotiations. As the MNJ was apparently the larger and more organized of the two rebel forces, much of the northern regions of the country remained under emergency

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In Mali, where the government combined military reinforcement of northern towns with diplomatic efforts using Malian Tuareg intermediaries, attacks subsided. Mali, continuing to suffer from flooding in the south, as well as global hikes in food prices, turned to international support, especially from

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In early June, rebels killed 25 soldiers in an attack on a Kidal base, and in late June the Malian Army killed 20 rebels near the Algerian border, which the army claimed was home to a major rebel base. But just days later, President Amadou Toumani Touré announced that he remained open to negotiations

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of Libya negotiated the release of Malian army prisoners held by the rebels, and sporadic talks were held with Libyan mediation. Malian armed forces remained in control of all the major settlements, but Malian rebels staged a series of raids, the largest taking place at the end of March. Rebel forces

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In September 2007, fighting shifted to Mali, with a portion of the Tuareg groups which had come under a 2006 ceasefire returning to combat. A swift Malian military response, coupled with the diplomatic intervention of other Malian Tuaregs, led to a new, unofficial ceasefire in December 2007. In April

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had fled from the MNJ encampment with all but one of the remaining FAN prisoners. The remainder of the MNJ leadership announced that they were forming the FPN, and announced in their first statement their desire for direct peace talks with the government and a ceasefire. The FPN announced leadership

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weekly was arrested on 30 July 2008 and charged with "divulging a defence secret" after reporting that an army officer had been linked to an arms cache that was discovered in the capital. The government press regulation body, the High Council for Communication (CSC), closed Niamey-based TV and radio

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charge in 2005. His supporters believed at the time that the 2004 arrest was planned to induce a rebellion among Ag Boula's supporters. Ag Boula's brother subsequently led a 2005 raid on a Nigerien military patrol which killed ten. The conviction took place in absentia in a trial on 12–13 July 2008.

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Beginning in February and March 2008, mine attacks in the south ended, major rebel incursions out of Aïr and the desert regions subsided, and the Nigerien military went on the offensive, retaking a major rebel position in the far northwest. The rebels launched a daring raid into the Areva facilities

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as a mediator by the Malian government led many to believe that low-scale fighting with those Tuareg factions who had renounced the 2006 accords might end completely. The Malian government also called on neighboring Algeria to help negotiate peace, patrol the deserted border region, and resupply its

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Little evidence of the motivation or make up of the Niger-based rebels was public by the summer of 2007 aside from the statements released by the MNJ and the Nigerien government. The government of Niger claimed that these attacks were the work of small-scale "bandits" and drug-trafficking gangs, and

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In April 2008, the government of Niger requested that Ag Boula be extradited by the French government; however, by this time, he was no longer in France. The Nigerien courts convicted him of planning the murder of a ruling party activist, for which he had been arrested in 2004, but released without

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The Nigerien government denied that any fighting or any attacks on civilians took place in Elmeki. The government did, however, confirm that an MNJ raid on a convoy between Elmiki and Dabaga killed four soldiers, and that a landmine attack in the desert between Agadez and Bilma occurred later; both

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Press and international aid agencies complained that they had been prevented from monitoring the situation or delivering aid as both sides in the fighting reported that the conflict was continuing to escalate. Humanitarian agencies in Niamey estimated in early December that there were around 11,000

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This was also a success for Algeria as a regional power, and rival of the Libyan government for influence in the Sahara. Throughout the process, the Malian government, as well as Tuareg leaders on both sides of the conflict, publicly pushed for a negotiated settlement, in contrast with the Nigerien

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prisoners home. The new Nigerien Patriotic Front (FPN), which contained much of the MNJ's fighters and leadership, called for a negotiated peace. They, along with an earlier splinter, entered into four-party talks with the Nigerien government under Libyan auspices from March to June 2009. All sides

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On 5 February, the Malian Armed forces concluded negotiations for 180 of the ADC fighters, all former Malian Armed Forces deserters, to re-enter the cantonment area at Camp Kidal. These fighters maintained control of their arms. The government, rebels and Algerian interlocutors held off on a final

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near Arlit. At a projected output of five thousand tonnes of ore a year, it would be largest uranium mine in the world by 2012, as the SOMAIR and COMINAK mines were to be phased out. The deal would make Niger the second largest uranium producer in the world, and included plans to construct a civil

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Mali saw the more dramatic upsurge in August 2007, as a spate of attacks began in northeast Mali against members of the Malian military. The Niger-based MNJ said that it has formally allied splinter elements of Tuareg rebel group which has remained on ceasefire since reaching a settlement with the

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issued a statement condemning the ecological impact and lack of jobs from the Arlit-based mining industry. The MNJ has echoed these statements repeatedly, and attacked the power station for a mining facility near Arlit in April 2007. In June 2007, land mines were laid on the main route the uranium

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and promised them a bigger share of the region's mineral wealth. Nigerien Tuareg leaders and some Non Government Organisations have claimed the violence of February 2007 was the culmination of widespread disaffection amongst Tuareg ex-combatants with the slow progress of promised benefits, lack of

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The return and then splintering away from the main rebel group of factional leaders from the 1990s conflict complicated the situation in 2008. One group joined the rebels, only to be expelled and sign a peace deal with the government of Niger. Another faction, which seemed to have been involved in

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have led to criticism of the Nigerien government abroad, and continued fighting in the north. Despite government military victories in early 2008, and condemnation for a hostage seizure and land-mine attacks (for which the rebels deny responsibility), the MNJ appeared no closer to either defeat or

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As Niger edged towards the 2008 rainy season, the MNJ rebels discounted reports that they had begun a ceasefire, but fighting was sporadic, occurring around the rebel strongholds of the Tamgak Plateau near Iferaouane. The Nigerien government and the MNJ issued dramatically different accounts, but

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reported the arrest without trial of over 100 northerners in the wake of the declaration, including those who tried to lead a peace march in Agadez. In July, the only daily paper in Agadez was shut down by the government for publishing news of the rebellion, and Bamako based journalists have been

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The Nigerien rebels pursued a strategy of expanding the ethnic makeup of their forces, and attempted—with little success in the south—to broaden the insurgency into a social movement to replace the current government and provide the population with a share in Niger's growing mining sector. By the

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accompanied six former prisoners to Niamey, where they were repatriated to the Nigerien government on 13 March. On 15 March Gaddafi called on all rebel groups in Niger to lay down arms, and pledged his help to prevent smuggling and lawlessness in the area. On 26 March, the FPN announced it would

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Movement towards peace in Niger, which seemed unlikely at the beginning of 2009, progressed rapidly following the Malian peace deal. The taking of hostages by the AQIM in Niger, especially Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler, brought intense international interest in the security situation in Niger.

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until he was charged with ordering the death of a political rival in 2004, a charge he claimed was a political fabrication. Released after 13 months in prison without charge, Ag Boula largely disappeared from public life, but remained one of the most well-known Tuareg figures in Niger. After his

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was closed by the government for three months, while at the same time sending formal warnings to three other newspapers (Libération, L'Opinion and L'Evènement) for reporting on the conflict in the north, which the government said were "trying to justify criminal activity and violence". Aïr-Info

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which had been operating since 2005. MSF was subsequently ejected from the country by the Nigerien government. The rebroadcasting of foreign radio broadcasts in Niger has been interupped several times since mid-2007 by government order. Nigerien journalists say they are often pressured by local

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between 12 and 16 November. The rebels claimed to have killed 8 and wounded at least two dozen Nigerien soldiers, destroyed vehicles, and driven the FAN out of the area. The MNJ further claimed that the Nigerien government had arrested six civilians and destroyed civilian property in the mainly

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Despite the series of escalating attacks, the government of Niger offered a number of concessions to foreign (especially French) interests in January 2008. Two French journalists, arrested on charges of espionage and aiding the rebels on 17 December, were formally charged with threatening state

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to the north of the Tamgak plateau. There, at a desert army outpost which had been seized by the rebels in June 2007, a combined ground and air operation retook these positions and killed a number of MNJ fighters, including Rebel Vice President Acharif Ag Mohamed El Moctar. The MNJ claimed the

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was ejected from the country for a month on 19 July 2007, and in short succession both Pin and Denamur were ordered to leave Niger. On 1 August, the Niamey government announced it would end all contracts with Areva, and bring in the Chinese to manage the existing operations. High level French

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passed a new anti-terror law giving broader powers of detention to the police and military. The law also strengthened penalties on a wide range offenses, including the manufacture or possession of explosive devices, hostage-taking, attacks on transport and unlawful possession of radioactive

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conflict. Cherif Ouazani was quoted in Algeria as describing the talks as "Malians talking to Malians" While the last of the rebel-held prisoners were released in August, and the ceasefire held as of the end of that month, there continued to be speculation on the role played by presumed

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Outside observers noted the weakness of Bahanga's position, with his surprise return to fighting in December resulting in political isolation from both the ADC and foreign mediators, military defeat at the hands of the army, and a string of defections which left his forces even weaker.

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in the east, killing 7 and capturing 20 soldiers and four military vehicles. On 4 April ceasefire and prisoner exchange was negotiated again through Libya, but each side accused the others of failing to end hostilities, and more sporadic attacks on Army positions occurred in May.

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The economy of northern Niger is largely dependent on tourism and uranium mining. While tourism was threatened by the insurgency, uranium mining, which accounts for 16 percent of Niger's GDP and 72 percent of national export proceeds, became of central importance in the conflict.

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might be behind the rebel group were threatened with legal action by the Libyan government. On the other hand, the MNJ statements portrayed their movement as Niger-wide (as opposed to Tuareg nationalism) and limited to the demand for economic, political and environmental reforms.

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had fully participated in the eventual peace process, which seemed to have resolved the conflict since August 2008. Meanwhile, a smaller group around Ag Bahanga had been holding out for Libyan-sponsored mediation, and eventually abandoned the talks and sought refuge in Libya.

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On 6 July 2007, an official from Sino-U was kidnapped by the rebels, but later released, and all work at Teguida stopped. Throughout July, the Niger government and Areva came into direct conflict, each accusing the other of supporting the rebels. The French state broadcaster

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claimed these attackers had formally confederated with the Niger-based MNJ. The MNJ formally denied this, but witnesses of one kidnapping attack in Mali said the rebels had moved back towards the Niger border. Former Malian rebel leaders, notably the 1990s commander

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The MNJ did not publicly comment on the creation of this faction, but they did announce the removal of two members of its European support network: Chehna Ag Hamate and Kaocen Seydou Maïga. Other former rebel leaders from the 1990s condemned Ag Boula's statements.

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was held over a year on charges stemming from a radio interview of Rebel leaders, before being provisionally released. Kaka has been at the center of a campaign in France and elsewhere demanding his freedom, spearheaded by Radio France International and its CEO

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Since mid-2007, there have been a number of arrests of foreign and local journalists. Two local journalists were imprisoned in 2007 under charge of aiding the Tuareg insurgency in the north, and several radio stations have been closed. The journalist

899:. On 18 April, the MNJ was formally announced as having organised, and attacks picked up in June and July. Landmines on the road between Iférouane and Arlit cut off both towns and threatened the bring the lucrative uranium mining industry to a halt. 1809:, created an official website, but fewer than half a dozen press releases were released over the next six months, and no attacks or operations by this new group were reported. The aging Mohamed Awtchiki Kriska, a former spokesperson for the 1990s 3104:, both from Pederson, Nicholas R. The French Desire for Uranium and its Effects on French Foreign Policy in Africa. Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security: Occasional Papers. PED:1. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2000) 604:, who held their victims somewhere in northern Mali. Libya, Algeria, Mali, and Niger pledged in March 2009 to cooperate to secure the Saharan borders where Tuareg rebels and AQIM militants, as well as smugglers and criminal gangs, operated. 533:. Algeria helped negotiate an August 2008 Malian peace deal, which was broken by a rebel faction in December, crushed by the Malian military and wholescale defections of rebels to the government. Niger saw heavy fighting and disruption of 1028:, and a center of both Tuareg culture and tourist visits had up to 80 percent of its population moved south by the government in August. The MNJ and the government promised safe access to refugees and aid, and on 4 August, Libyan leader 2223:

On 2 March, as series of dramatic events occurred on the side of the Nigerien rebels. A group of most of the named MNJ leadership and their European based supporters announced they had broken from the MNJ. The Nigerien Patriotic Front

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and foreign economic interests. The group said they were fighting for greater economic development and a share in the region's mineral wealth, an end to alleged pollution caused by and poverty surrounding the mining operations at

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Facing these setbacks, the ATNM made a series of concessions to the government. On 25 January they released the final three Malian soldiers they had held, and requested the government release seven ATNM fighters. On 2 February,

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January 2009 also appeared to also have marked the final break between Ag Bahanga's faction and the remainder of the ADC. According to the 2006 and 2008 Algiers Accords, the ADC elements on cease fire were headquartered in

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similarly threatened. Domestic human rights groups claim there has been an effort to keep foreign journalists from reporting on the crisis in Niger, and this could account for the seeming shift of rebel violence to Mali.

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industry. By 2000, sporadic banditry and attacks, ascribed to disaffected ex-combatants, began in the north. In 2007, a unified force of ex-combatants repudiated the 1995 accords and declared the formation of the MNJ.

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incidents were blamed on continued activity of so-called criminal gangs involved in smuggling and intimidation. The MNJ, for their part, claimed at least two more attacks on army convoys during the month of November.

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Bahanga, a former rebel from the May 2006 and 1990 insurgencies, announced on 31 August that his group would negotiate with the government, and intermediaries from former Tuareg rebel groups headed by 1990s commander

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pledged support to end rebel attacks and support negotiations. ADC fighters negotiated a return to the disarmament agreed in 2008, and began being processed for integration into the Malian Armed Forces in camps near

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The larger Tuareg conflicts were brought under increased international attention following the kidnapping in late 2008 in Niger of two Canadian diplomats and four European tourists by groups associated with

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and, with French assistance, help others return to a productive civilian life. Controversy continued to revolve around Tuareg leaders brought into government, with the arrest of the Minister of Tourism

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In March 2006, Malian army officer Hassan ag Fagaga, of Tuareg origins, defected from his post with a number of his men, also of Tuareg origins, On 17 May, an attack was launched on the Malian Army at

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On 30 August, the largest tourist air carrier running flights from Europe to Agadez announced it would suspend flights for the 2007 tourist season, and the MNJ released a communique saying the Tuareg

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Niger: Des groupes de rebelles touaregs et une délégation du gouvernement nigérien ont affirmé leur engagement pour la paix, lors d'une rencontre avec le numéro un libyen Mouammar Kadhafi à Tripoli

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made several personal interventions in both the Malian and Nigerien conflicts, providing refuge for Malian rebels in 2008 and 2009, and serving as an emissary during the 2009 Niger ceasefire talks.

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in October, and Diallo was again arrested in October while trying to board a flight to Europe aon charges of "membership of a criminal gang". Diallo was released pending trial in February 2008.

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While Kaka received the longest imprisonment for a journalist since the beginning of the rebellion, several other cases have come to the attention of the international media. French journalists

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Both conflicts were brought under increased international attention following the kidnapping in late 2008 in Niger of two Canadian diplomats and four European tourists by groups associated with

2114:), killing 31 and capturing 8. The attack, unlike the previous assault, was reported to have been carried out by regular units of the armed forces. Special forces units of the Malian military ( 1311: 5168: 1182:. These storms caused unusually severe flooding and damage and endangered those internally displaced by the conflict in Mali and Niger, as well as displaced persons fleeing other conflicts in 1417: 2018:

soldiers were killed along with an unknown number of rebels in the bloodiest fighting since June 2007. The attack was prefaced by the killing of an aide to a pro-government Tuareg leader in

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to conduct anti-terrorist operations in 2003–2006. There have also been reports that this same unit had been used to guard the mining operations in Arlit by the French mining conglomerate

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would receive food and resettlement centres to ease the transition. Despite this, the government in Niamey announced on 23 May that it had renewed the "state of emergency" in the entire

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The heaviest fighting reported through the end of the year occurred in November. The MNJ claimed that they repulsed a concerted attempt by the FAN to establish a base near the town of

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fighting had produced heavy losses on the government side as well, saying that 26 soldiers had been killed, along with several vehicles, including a MIG helicopter, had been destroyed.

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the political front, appeared and quickly split in early 2008. Irregular fighting and raids occurred throughout late 2008, but these were mostly limited to the rebel strongholds in the

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Rebel armed forces leader Amoumene Kalakouawa fought in the last Tuareg uprising during the 1990s. He says the state still neglects nomads despite a decade-old peace deal. April 2008 (

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On 6 February, the Malian Armed Forces claimed they had taken the last of the ATNMC positions, while Ag Bahanga and an unknown number of fighters had crossed the border into Algeria.

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recruited from the Tuareg population... and not an army consisting mainly of members of other ethnic clans who serve their own purposes, and who do not identify with the Tuareg people

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NGO head and rebel Aklou Sidi Sidi as president, former Nigerien military officer and MNJ military commander Kindo Zada announcing his support from a previously unannounced exile in

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militants were active "north of Timbuktu", and that his forces were "in a state of war" with the GSPC. Some Malian sources initially blamed the kidnapping on Ag Bahanga's forces.

509:. It is one of a series of insurgencies by formerly nomadic Tuareg populations, which had last appeared in the mid-1990s, and date back at least to 1916. Populations dispersed to 2182:, set up under the 2008 accord, would negotiate the movement of rebel forces into disarmament, possible reintegration into security services, and final cantonment at a base near 1851:

A consequence of the conflict in Niger was a series of arrests of domestic journalists, and expulsions or closings of foreign press and aid groups. The state of emergency in the

1297:, who had not participated in the Algerian sponsored tripartite talks. Press speculation theorised a split in the already fractured movement, in which Toureg groups loyal to the 1020:

A Tuareg man walks through an abandoned village. The rebellion has scattered civilians deeper into the Aïr Mountains of Niger, or to the regional capital of Agadez. January 2008.

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region died in a suspicious plane crash in 1995. Niger's Tuaregs continued to watch the development and economic activities of the government closely, especially in regards the

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hosting thousands of refugees, economic activity outside the towns grinding to a halt, and the destruction of a burgeoning foreign tourist industry in the north of the country.

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uranium mines and in the transport of uranium by highway to ports in Benin. At the beginning of 2009, Niger and the French state mining company agreed on a deal to build the

1698:). In the process, they report, an accidental explosion of landmines which were being handed into the government killed one and wounded two, including Zinder Region Governor 4028:" as a derogatory term for the Niger Army. While it literally means "militia", it retains strong negative connotations as the name of the pro-German auxiliary police of the 1830:

Ag Boula released a statement condemning the verdict, but disappeared from press reports soon thereafter. Reporters at the time speculated he was either in Europe or Libya.

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Malian Tuareg former insurgents took part in a long series of peace processes, splintering, and raids between formal peace in 1995 and 2006. The peace deals which ended the

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deposits, and the French operated uranium mines of the desert town of Arlit account for a fifth of the world's uranium deposits and most of Niger's foreign exchange income.

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production in the mountainous north, before a Libyan backed peace deal, aided by a factional split among the rebels, brought a negotiated ceasefire and amnesty in May 2009.

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officer of Tuareg origins who had deserted early in the summer of 2007. The government also claimed that rebel forces were involved in organized crime and drug smuggling.

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Attacks in the extreme northeast of Mali began to grow in number and intensity in August 2007, as reports appeared that the ADC splinter group, led by former combatant

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Despite that hopeful sign, it appeared that the tourist center of Agadez (well to the southeast of Arlit) could be empty during the fall/winter 2007 tourist season.

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also suggested "foreign interests" (or the French mining company Areva, specifically) were funding the rebel forces. Three newspapers in Niger which speculated that

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In this same period, a group of foreign tourists were seized in southeastern Mali by unknown captors. Ag Bahanga denied any involvement. He had previously claimed

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By August 2007 the MNJ claimed defections from the army had increased their numbers to over 2000 fighters. Some sources claim that defections included the entire

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diplomats flew to Niger and brokered a climb down, in which the Areva contracts would be extended in exchange for greater French aid to Niamey. The French paper

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A group of Nigerien rebel fighters in northern Niger, January–February 2008. Some wear United States style desert camouflage distributed to Malian Armed forces.

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had been in offering security guarantees to Niger. At the same time, the government of Niger renewed Uranium contracts with the French government controlled

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After the February 2007 attack on a Nigerian Army detachment in the north of the country that killed 3 soldiers, sporadic attacks occurred around Iférouane,

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On 15 June 2009, the Nigerien government announced a plan for cantonment and disarming agreed in Libya with the coalition of FFR and FPN groups (called the

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production had, according to mining officials, little effect. The effects on the population of the north has been pronounced, with the regional capitol of

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Tensions between the French company and the government were longstanding. The government of Niger had concluded a deal with a Chinese state owned company

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journalists. She says army officers killed and dismembered her younger brother, Imola Kalakouawa when they suspected him of planting a mine in June 2007.

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Jeremy Keenan. Uranium Goes Critical in Niger: Tuareg Rebellions Threaten Sahelian Conflagration. Review of African Political Economy, No. 117:449–466.

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The Global Water Initiative (GWI), a partnership of seven charities and relief organisations which will be given US$ 15 million a year for 10 years.

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In Mali, one of the hardest hit countries where the government estimates 30,000 people have been affected, no flood contingency plans were in place.

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In the period September 2007 – January 2008 press have been barred from reporting in N. Niger. Rebels claim hundreds of civilians have been killed.

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Former ADC fighters continued to move in cantonment areas, be processed by the military, and dispose their arms in stages through early June 2009.

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in February 2004 and his March 2005 release after being held in jail for more than a year on suspicion of involvement in a political murder, while

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Retour de la paix dans la zone nord du pays: Lancement de l'opération de cantonnement des: combattants du Front pour la libération nationale (FLN)

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public support for the MNJ came out, it was speculated by African journalists that Ag Boula represented a faction close to the Libyan government.

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Between 18 and 22 June, Niger experienced the most daring and deadliest attacks to that point in the conflict. MNJ rebels attacked the airport at

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INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: " Les armes se sont tues mais il y a un travail à faire pour qu'elles soient remises ", affirme Aklou SIDI, président du FPN

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Algeria, and seemed eager to engage domestic Tuaregs who continued to honor the 2006 cease-fire. The high-profile support of former rebel leader

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The ATNMC released communiqués claiming that their patrols had destroyed two Army vehicles far south into the populated regions of Mali, on the

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during January 2009, supported by an increasing number of former rebels. In February 2009, elements surrounding Ag Bahanga again fled Mali for

2570: 1215:. The Malian government, along with Tuareg leaders who had kept the 2006 ceasefire, pushed both a military and diplomatic strategy. In March, 780: 6601: 6063: 4646: 2464: 2120:, ETIA) were led by Kidal Region military commander, Colonel El Hadji Gamou, but also drafting in Col Sidi Ahmed Kounta, commanding the ETIA 1555:, obtaining a 50% increase in payments to the Nigerien state. This comes at a time when security concerns have made the diminishing mines at 1337:

claimed that no aid was being delivered by the government in the north, while 2,500 to 4,000 displaced people were estimated to have come to

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les contradictions et d'aller vers la concrétisation des ces engagements, concrétisation qui doit se traduire par un accord formel de paix.

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While the situation calmed diplomatically, the attacks by the MNJ escalated and ebbed unpredictably. Iférouane, on the western cusp of the

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and the remaining Malian rebels and government concluded a settlement to the conflict. In December 2008, Ag Bahanga's faction of the ADC (

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functioning democratic institutions, and a perceived special status given to foreign mining interests and southern political leaders.

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In March 2008, Mali again saw an upsurge in attacks committed by fragments of former Tuareg combatant groups in the far-northeastern

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On 30 May, Ag Boula released a statement which claimed that a faction of MNJ fighters had broken from the movement. This group, the

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An educational website for study and research on the Tuareg people, with articles directly concerning the Second Tuareg Rebellion.

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Le MNJ milite pour l'avènement d'un Niger uni dans lequel chaque citoyen trouve tous les jours des raisons d'être fier de son pays

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authorities. The north, under a state of emergency, has become off-limits to both domestic and foreign press, and the independent

847:, ADC), ex-combatants who led a short campaign in the north of Mali from May to July 2006, when they signed a peace deal with the 7040: 6003: 4470: 2759: 5056: 4744: 4244: 4233: 4195: 4163: 3965: 3954: 3853: 3739: 3717: 3695: 3577: 3280: 2933: 2876: 1772:, the most prominent of the remaining leaders of the 1990s rebellion, reappeared in the press. In France, he was interviewed by 1572:

in Arlit, seizing four French hostages. International human rights groups condemned the move, and the four were released to the

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On 22 June, the MNJ launched a raid on the outskirts of Arlit, capturing five people, including four European employees of the

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by the government has meant that there was little independent confirmation of the situation in northern Niger throughout 2008.

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Jeremy Keenan (2006) Security and Insecurity in North Africa. Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) No. 108: 269–296.

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Jeremy Keenan (2006) Security and Insecurity in North Africa. Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE) No. 108: 280–281

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In late August, the Nigerien government reported that a faction of the MNJ led by Toubou rebel commander from the 1990s

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AFFAIRE MOUSSA KAKA/ MAÎTRE COULIBALY MOUSSA FACE À LA PRESSE. Grémah, Ben Omar et Yandaka bientôt devant les tribunaux

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that the MNJ were seeking immediate peace talks under Libyan auspices, and would repatriate their prisoners to Niamey.

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On Sunday 14 December 2008, a Canadian UN official was kidnapped while traveling on a highway just 40 km north of

1819:'s faction of the Malian rebels, who, after walking out on peace talks with the Malian government, relocated to Libya. 5784: 7090: 6962: 6655: 6626: 5274: 4151:, MNJ Statement, 10 December 2007, claiming "5 Nigerien and 2 Libyans civilians were summarily executed by the army". 3758: 3558: 3449: 2289: 1496: 46: 5348:

Situation dans la région de l'adrar des ifoghas: 180 déserteurs de l'armée autorisés à rentrer dans le camp de Kidal

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For background on the US involvement in the 2004 Algeria-based Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat pursuit see:

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as a spokesperson for the MNJ, stating that a "Battle of Uranium" was soon to be launched by the rebels against the

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A Nigerien rebel fighter mans a gun in northern Niger, from the Niger Movement for Justice. January- February 2008.

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Pursuing Terrorists in the Great Desert. The U.S. Military's $ 500 Million Gamble to Prevent the Next Afghanistan

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On 19 August 2008, it was announced by the Nigerien television broadcast someone they claimed to be rebel leader

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As of 21 January attack, estimation from MNJ Communiques and press, have been barred from reporting in N. Niger.

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High figure comes from MNJ communiques (as of 1 July 2008). No Nigerien government figures have been given. See

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announced it would begin aiding the repatriation of 20,000 people internally displaced since 2007. The towns of

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Tuareg Rebels on Brink of Shutting Down Niger's Uranium Mining. James Finch, stockinterview.com: July 20, 2007.

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Forte offensive contre Bahanga: Col Gamou a fait hier 20 morts, 10 otages ... dans les rangs des bandits armés

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Both the Malian government and the general populace appeared shocked by the level of violence in the north of

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people displaced by the fighting, in addition to the 9,000 Nigeriens who lost their homes in heavy flooding.

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The Nigerien government reported that the MNJ began mine attacks against civilians in the southern towns of

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Après s'être démarqué de Bahanga: L'Alliance du 23 mai transfère sa base à Tombouctou en accord avec l'Etat

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neither side described fighting as either decisive, particularly long lasting, or outside the Aïr plateau.

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By December 2007, fighting had begun to spiral out of control, ending the nascent tourist industry in the

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Detained journalist's wife gives news conference in Paris, asks French government to help get him freed

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attacks and incursions reaching areas in the south and center of the nation previously unaffected. The

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Nigerien rebels have reported air attacks on their bases in the mountains, but major fighting calmed.

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Rebels with the Movement of Nigeriens for Justice, published April 2008, likely taken January 2008 (

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Forum de Niamey sur la paix au nord du Niger et du Mali: Malentendu autour de «l'approche malienne»

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coordinated a series of attacks on suspected rebel positions in Kidal Region through 5 February.

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brokered the release of soldiers kidnapped by the MNJ, and the situation appeared to be calming.

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with the Tuareg rebels, while at the same time agreeing to a joint-security deal with Algeria.

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Floods in Africa kill dozens and wipe out crops 14 September 2007 16:55:08 GMT Source: Reuters

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Tuareg rebels in Mali besiege northern garrison 14 September 2007 16:36:05 GMT Source: Reuters

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The Malian army quickly responded in January 2009 with an attack on a rebel camp just west of

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MNJ rebels shown in desert combat by a press photographer, near Aïr Mountains in January 2008.

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Niger rebels claimed that their government failed to honor a 1995 peace deal, which ended the

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in May 2009, while pursuing talks for a permanent peace and an amnesty for all former rebels.

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Niger: Amnesty International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Moussa Kaka

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agreement that would bring the remaining 220 or more rebels into cantonment. The tripartite

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On 22 January, the Malian armed forces claimed to have destroyed Ag Bahanga's main base at

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Emerson, Stephen A. (2011). "Desert insurgency: lessons from the third Tuareg rebellion".

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Les Nigériens apprécient diversement l'état de mise en demeure décrété à Agadez par Tandja

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On 3 May President Tandja made his first visit to Agadez in over two years. He joined the

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accept Libyan mediation with the Nigerien government, in order to seek a "lasting peace".

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Trois morts et cinq personnes enlevées lors d'une attaque de bandits armés à Tanout Niger

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security and released on bail 18 January, to face trial later. French press reports that

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The Niger Movement for Justice (Mouvement des Nigériens pour la justice, MNJ) Press site

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Niger, Mohamed Houma. His town was largely abandoned by civilians from mid-2007 to 2009.

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and the Nigerien government were, by late 2008, unhindered in their exploitation of the

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for another three months, allowing preventive detention and banning public gatherings.

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Mali's tuareg rebels attack northern border town, Friday, September 14, 2007, AFP Wire

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Michel Vallet, "Chronologie de la vie au Sahara". In, Le Saharien, 3rd trimester 2006.

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Interview with Ahmed Akoli (political secretary of the MNJ), Temoust, 21 December 2007

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The 2009 peace in Mali was seen as a model for a February civil society conference in

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for a month in 2007 by Nigerien military forces before being released. The editor of

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was arrested and held for over a year by the government for interviewing MNJ leaders.

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Reuters – Abdoulaye Massalatchi Niger blames desert rebels for mine death in capital

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militia activities in Gao risked adding a greater ethnic dimension to the conflict.

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On 13 September, a United States military aircraft was fired on by Tuareg rebels at

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overthrow of the Nigerien government as the rainy season approached in August 2008.

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Situation au Nord: Bahanga viole sa trêve et donne l'occasion à l'armée de le mater

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road on 24 and 25 December. There was no government confirmation of these attacks.

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On 28 August, Tuareg gunmen captured a military convoy 50 km from the town of

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geotagged interactive map of the reporters journey through northern Mali and Niger

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One-month ban on RFI broadcasts fuels concern about rapid decline in press freedom

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Naomi Schwarz. Nigeriens Search for Landmines in Capital After Explosion Kills One

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English translation, Tuareg Culture and News. 22 December 2007. Quote in full is:

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At the same time, a series of storms hit the Sahel region, running all the way to

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festival, which draws increasing numbers of foreign tourists, should be canceled.

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leadership resulted in the former MNJ head fleeing to Libya, who aided delivering

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Situation au Nord-Mali: Comment Bahanga a rompu avec l'Algérie et épousé la Libye

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Some of a number of US Military articles detailing such continued training. See:

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Abdoulaye Massalatchi (Reuters) Niger rebels kill 3 soldiers in attack on convoy

3778: 3654: 3643: 3404:. Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Wednesday, 17 March 2004. 3064: 2987: 2351: 2264: 363: 6997: 6730: 6725: 6537: 6531: 6519: 6463: 5781: 3258: 2379: 2375: 2328: 2296: 2034: 1756: 1540: 1511:) had ordered former rebels to rally to the MNJ-controlled Tamgak Plateau near 1483:

army officers. While there was no independent confirmation of this, the Toubou

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At the beginning of January, MNJ rebels claimed they had been joined by ethnic

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La présidente d'Areva a parlé des reporters français avec le président Tandja

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In Agadez Region, several events signaled a return to peace. On 28 April the

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On 20 August, the government of Niger renewed its state of emergency in the

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Nigerien Rebel President Aghaly Ag Alambo, giving an interview in the MNJ's

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Radio and TV broadcaster Dounia suspended for one month without explanation

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Mali: brève "offensive" de l'armée contre des rebelles touareg dans le nord

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agreed, after talks between Mali's defence minister and Algerian President

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In mid January, the former Ag Bahanga faction military commander, Lt. Col.

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EUCOM-based troops training Mali, Mauritania militaries for border patrols

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Six éléments des Forces Armées nigériennes rejoignent les rebelles au Nord

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San Evariste Barro, L'Observateur Paalga (Ouagadougou). 4 February 2009.

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Mali: un responsable humanitaire veut rencontrer les prisonniers touareg

3423:. Charlie Coon, Stars and Stripes European edition, Sunday, 15 May 2005. 1859:(MSF) was forced to close a childhood malnutrition treatment program in 1382:, the capital, some 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from the conflict zone. 6781: 3114:

Niger looking to China to break French control of uranium mining sector

2427:, was killed by his captors in June 2009. In May 2009 Malian President 2424: 2107: 2011: 1960: 1873: 1792: 1636:

Also in late June, the military of Niger launched a major offensive at

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On 21 January, both sides reported an attack by the MNJ on the town of

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U.S. Special Ops troops preparing to train foreign soldiers in Africa

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SAHEL: Foundation money to allow long-term approach to water problem

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At least 10 Malian and tens to hundreds of Nigerien civilians killed

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All Peace and Ceasefire Agreements for Mali, UN Peacemaker database

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La mise en garde reconduite pour trois mois dans la région d'Agadez

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Le gouvernement et les rebelles d'accord pour cesser les hostilités

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Fatimana Imola, a Tuareg woman in Northern Niger is interviewed by

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MNJ rebel Vice President Acharif Ag Mohamed El Moctar, killed in a

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Mali: Indignation dominates reaction as attacks in north escalate.

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expressed doubts about this deal, calling it "Expensive uranium."

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Ag Boula had been one of two prominent Rebel leaders (along with

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Alliance Touareg Nord Mali pour le Changement. 27 December 2008.

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Condamnation de Rhissa Ag Boula: Les "hommes bleus" voient rouge

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Niger: Four expatriated AREVA employees kidnapped by MNJ members

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The attack on Nampala pushed the fighting far to the south. The

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Niamey et les rebelles touaregs s'engagent en faveur de la paix

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Alliance Touareg Nord Mali pour le Changement 28 December 2008.

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NIGER: Five killed as army clashes with Tuaregs in desert north

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uranium mining company. They were released to the Red Cross in

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impossible to operate, and construction of their new mine near

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Le FPN annonce des avancées vers la paix dans le nord du Niger

5376:. Bassaro Touré, Nouvelle République (Bamako), 6 February 2009 4999: 4835:, AFR 43/002/2007 (Public), Bulletin n° 184, 26 September 2007 4196:

Après les Touaregs, les Toubous. Jeune Afrique, 6 January 2008

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The original communiques were posted on the group's website,

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Algeria lifts hands on Bahanga and Mali plots liquidating him

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Aïr Info correspondent freed after six days in police custody

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In Niger, government bans live broadcasts on Tuareg rebellion

2968:"Pour Bamako, le MNJ et les rebelles du nord ont partie liée" 2367: 2343: 2300: 2258: 2153: 2129: 2057: 2022:

in a grenade attack on the politician's home on 18 December.

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Peace deals brokered by Mali in August 2008 and February 2009

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NIGER: Rebels raid town in south east. IRIN, 22 January 2008

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NIGER: News filtering out of north suggests grave conditions

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announced the creation of a Niger-Mali Tuareg alliance (the

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In June and July 2007, the head of Areva's Niger operations

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La principale base du rebelle Ibrahim Ag Bahanga "détruite"

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Niger: Press harassment hinders development, watchdogs warn

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Mali: Western diplomats warn about "deterioration" in north

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A United States 10th Special Forces Group soldier training

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beginning of 2009, rebel attempts to impinge upon Nigerien

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Reuters/alertnet.org: Articles on Niger-Mali Tuareg unrest

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Appel de Kadhafi aux rebelles touaregs du Niger et du Mali

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Agadez-based journalist to be released conditionally today

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WEST Africa: Floods prompt greater focus on risk reduction

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NIGER: Government cracks down on coverage of rebel attacks

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Tuareg village of Elmiki, which they called an attempt at

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Tuareg leader demands release of rebels held by Mali army

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Insécurité au nord: L'Etat entretient le conflit ethnique

4625:. Reuters, Abdoulaye Massalatchi. Friday 30 January 2009. 2125: 2019: 6020:: Updated news at France based Tuareg nationalist group. 5584:

Le PAM réinstalle 20.000 personnes dans le Nord du Niger

4637:. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Bloomberg News. 25 March 2008. 4273:

Niger: Four French citizens released under ICRC auspices

3534:"Mort du rebelle touareg Ibrahim Ag Bahanga - France 24" 4487:

Gouré : mort et désolation suite à une mesquinerie

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Otages enlevés au nord-est de Kidal: Tous libres !

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La nouvelle Alliance Touareg du Niger et du Mali (ATNM)

1763: 2988:"Tuareg conflict spreads to Mali. BBC: 28 August 2007" 2073: 525:, Niger. Fighting was largely contained within Mali's 6078: 5730:. H. Hafizou, Louisiana GRIFFE N° 318. 15 June 2009. 5188:

Sécurité: Enfin, l'armée régulière prend l'initiative

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Alliance Touaregue du Niger – Mali Pour Le Changement

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These numbers were also reported by the Nigerien NGO

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on their behalf. It was also reported that President

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Nigerien soldiers from the 322nd Parachute Regiment,

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23 May 2006; Alliance démocratique pour le changement

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Mali army refuses truce with Tuareg rebels: ministry

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Newspaper editor freed after being held for 48 hours

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Niger army says killed 7 Tuareg civilians by mistake

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Yaya SIDIBE. L'Indépendant (Mali), 3 September 2007.

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La crise touareg due à "l'échec" des accords de 1995

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l'Alliance Démocratique du 23 mai pour le Changement

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group, itself a state owned operation of the French

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that began in February 2007 amongst elements of the

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Note, the ATNMC has at times been reported as the "

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Niger: la libération de Moussa Kaka très incertaine

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Niger insecurity hits uranium prospecting -minister

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One killed, two hurt by mine at Niger arms handover

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Gunmen attack Mali outpost, seize soldiers, weapons

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Suspected Tuareg rebels ambush Mali military convoy

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NIGER: Dozens arrested in north as critics targeted

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Front de libération de l'Aïr et de l'Azawagh (FLAA)

5386:Niger/Mali: forum à Niamey sur la question touareg 4692:Regards croisés sur la question touarègue au Niger 4458:, Abdoulaye Massalatchi (Reuters), 19 August 2008. 4389:Niger says a rebel leader killed in army operation 4315:Niger Tuareg rebels kidnap 4 Areva uranium workers 4094:. Committee to Protect Journalists 9 January 2008. 3810:Mali, Algeria plan joint patrols on Saharan border 3046:Iférouane, prise en étau, se vide de ses habitants 2405: 1665: 1306:Continued conflict in Niger: late 2007 to mid-2008 1206: 829:in northern Niger, was apparently inspired by the 5338:. Chahana TAKIOU- L'Indépendant, 30 January 2009. 5291:Mali: Peut-on enfin faire confiance à Ag Bahanga? 4776:Mali, Niger armies hit back against Tuareg rebels 4733:Scission au sein du mouvement rebelle touareg MNJ 4635:Areva Will Post Loss From Niger Uranium This Year 4477:, Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters. 24 August 2008. 3759:Erratic end of season rains may affect some crops 3249:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters: 25 August 2007. 3240:Niger seeks help from Sudan, Libya against rebels 3152:France sees Areva progress, offers Niger mine aid 3041: 3039: 2568:tuaregcultureandnews summaries of MNJ communiques 1592:Niger offensive of mid-2008 and renewed stalemate 393: 7183: 5829:. AllAfrica. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009. 5791:. John Thorne, The National (Canada). 1 May 2009 5671:Niger government and rebels in disarmament talks 5659:State TV: Tuareg rebels in Niger release hostage 5596:Niger extends state of emergency in Tuareg north 5319:. Jeune Afrique, Cherif Ouazani. 27 January 2009 5247:. "R. N.", El-Watan (Algeria). 4 February 2009. 5238:Ag Bahanga demande à réintégrer l'Accord d'Alger 5128:. "R. N.", El-Watan (Algeria). 8 February 2009. 5126:La confiance tarde à régner dans le nord du Mali 4678: 4676: 4674: 4592:Uranium-rich Niger eyes nuclear power generation 3161:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters: 4 August 2007. 3123:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters: 1 August 2007. 2766:. Phuong Tran, Voice of America: 21 August 2007. 2299:to begin joint meetings with the FPN and MNJ at 2288:On 3 April, a Nigerien delegation headed by the 1968:Sometime before the beginning of December 2008, 1870:in the north has been closed by the government. 1088:Rebel offensives in Mali May 2007 – January 2008 659:. In March 2009 a dramatic split of much of the 318: 5357:L'indépendant, Chahana TAKIOU. 5 February 2009. 5267: 5265: 3984:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters. 20 April 2008 3827: 3825: 3715:Mali: After the deluge the real struggle begins 3385:: American Forces Press Service, 10 March 2006. 3033:. Radio France International, 3 September 2007. 2977:. Radio France International, 2 September 2007. 2912:Ahmed Akoli (MNJ) – Exclusive Temoust Interview 1991:Alliance Touaregue Nord Mali Pour Le Changement 1653: 1525: 981:China Nuclear International Uranium Corporation 689:Areas where significant numbers of Tuaregs live 5078:. B.S. Diarra. Aurore (Bamako) 26 January 2009 4391:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters. 28 June 2008 4343:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters. 22 June 2007 4324:. Abdoulaye Massalatchi, Reuters. 22 June 2008 3036: 3022:Radio France International, 1 September 2007. 3013:"Confusion chez les anciens rebelles touaregs" 1566: 1390:) was killed after driving over a landmine in 1232:On 18 July, rebels overran a military post at 922:, killing 15 soldiers and taking 70 hostages. 701:As part of an initiative started under a 1991 165:Front of Forces for Rectification (2008 split) 6064: 5839:British hostage executed by Islamists in Mali 5466:Niger: Scission au sein des rebelles touaregs 5272:Mali: les rebelles touaregs fuient en Algérie 4709: 4707: 4671: 4173:MNJ Communique: Attaque de la ville de Tanout 3495:. Jeune Afrique, Cherif Ouazani: 20 May 2007. 3459:. Sam Urquhart, Dissident Voice: 5 July 2007. 2605: 2603: 2504: 2502: 858:in Mali created a new self-governing region, 577:Alliance Touareg Nord Mali pour le Changement 379: 304: 5782:Kidnappings a ‘message' from rebels in Sahel 5535: 5262: 5197:. A. Keïta. Aurore (Bamako). 26 January 2009 5147:. B. Daou. Le Républicain du 16 janvier 2009 4993: 4547:Niger government denies Tuareg rebel clashes 4456:Niger Tuareg rebel rejects talk of ceasefire 4346: 4334:Niger rebels kill 15 soldiers in desert raid 4186:. XINHUA News Agency, China: 22 January 2008 4023: 3822: 3578:Mali Tuaregs deny alliance with Niger rebels 3268:, HEIDI VOGT Associated Press, 25 July 2007. 2483:Dominique Derda. La révolte des hommes bleus 2413:Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb 2374:and French Minister of Overseas Cooperation 2177: 2115: 1989: 1983: 1977: 1810: 1804: 1503:. The MNJ claimed the former FARS commander 1395: 952: 602:Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb 575: 115:Integration of some rebels into the military 5562:. Adine Ag Aglasse, Le Sahel. 15 April 2009 5513:. Radio France Internationale. 4 April 2009 4862: 4860: 4604:La course à l'uranium reprend dans le monde 4085:CPJ mourns the loss of Niger radio director 3450:Fake Terror and Instability in North Africa 2419:, including the Canadian diplomat to Niger 1319:Escalating violence and humanitarian crisis 836:May 23, 2006 Democratic Alliance for Change 6071: 6057: 5848:. AFP. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2009. 5702:Cease-fire truce reached with Niger rebels 5150: 4704: 4489:. MNJ Official communique, 25 August 2008. 2850: 2848: 2697:"Desertification threatens Niger's nomads" 2600: 2499: 2237:consisted of much of the MNJ, with former 2192: 2186:, 50 km (31 mi) south of Kidal. 1743:2009: Nigerien uranium industry unhindered 965:, is dependent on uranium mined at Arlit. 804: 545:Attacks beginning in February 2007 by the 386: 372: 311: 297: 3438:Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative 3211:"Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice" 2874:Niger: New Touareg rebel group speaks out 2526: 2524: 2465:Operation Enduring Freedom – Trans Sahara 1976:. Ag Bahanga is the former leader of the 1931:for one month in August 2008, and closed 1797:Minister of Tourism and Artisanal Affairs 1615: 959:system of French nuclear power generation 6220:Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) 5608:Founding ceremony for Niger uranium mine 5367:Situation au Nord: Bahanga, la débandade 5069:Nord-Mali: De la rébellion au terrorisme 4857: 4701:. Stéphanie Plasse, Afrik. 5 April 2008. 4666:Areva feels uranium mining heat in Niger 3536:(in French). France 24. 27 August 2011. 2460:Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) 2314: 2263: 2196: 2078: 1972:returned from his self-imposed exile in 1959: 1872: 1782: 1747:Despite the violence in the Aïr Massif, 1713: 1619: 1578: 1493:Forces armées révolutionnaires du Sahara 1485:Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara 1415: 1407: 1361: 1309: 1243: 1239: 1091: 1015: 901: 792:who defected to the rebels in May 2007. 749: 684: 6762:Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present) 6437:2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis 6036:Security and Insecurity in North Africa 5941: 4142:Le massacre continue: Black or White II 3952:NIGER: Humanitarian access cut to north 3819:. 15 July 2008 Reuters, Tiemoko Diallo. 3259:Niger Gov't Tries to Contain Rebel News 3055:. Agence France-Presse: 27 August 2007. 2845: 2795:Security and Insecurity in North Africa 2785:. Agence France-Presse: 25 August 2007. 2146: 1956:Mali December 2008: Ag Bahanga's return 1327: 1197: 1100: 925: 772:Mouvement des Nigériens pour la justice 7184: 5690:Niger's Tuareg rebels refuse to disarm 5435:Création du Front Patriotique Nigérien 4785:. Tiemoko Diallo, Reuters. 23 May 2008 2521: 2378:in placing the first stone in the new 2170: 1112: 1061: 6951:South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflict 6872:2012–2013 Tana River District clashes 6052: 6004:Rebels in Niger Threaten More Attacks 3664:. Inter De Bamako, 17 September 2007. 3376:American Forces Train Nigerien Troops 2757:Rebels in Niger Threaten More Attacks 2725: 2694: 2676:from the original on 23 November 2010 2663: 1964:The Mali–Niger–Algeria border region. 1681: 1096:The Mali–Niger–Algeria border region. 939:ore from Arlit takes to the ports of 675: 367: 292: 5903:from the original on 3 February 2012 5820:Mali: Al-Qaeda Group Executes Briton 5504:Vers une médiation avec les touaregs 4656:. Areva press release (January 2009) 4041:For the 9 January 2008 attack, see: 3791:from the original on 4 February 2014 3593:Bahanga prêt à arrêter ses attaques? 3591:. Serge Daniel, AFP, 28 August 2007 3540:from the original on 8 February 2018 3336:. Committee to Protect Journalists. 3306:. Committee to Protect Journalists. 3221:from the original on 26 October 2015 3133:Nuclear executive kidnapped in Niger 2389: 2128:and Colonel Takini head of the ETIA 2056:, vowed harsh action in a speech at 1764:Rhissa Ag Boula and the FFR splinter 1709: 1599: 1403: 1045:On 24 August 2007 Niger's president 709:) rebel groups were negotiated with 7041:Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict 6992:Allied Democratic Forces insurgency 6508:Allied Democratic Forces insurgency 4745:Journo remains behind bars in Niger 4437:from the original on 3 January 2009 4425:"Niger rebels deny ceasefire claim" 2855:Point Afrique cancels tour flights. 2707:from the original on 18 August 2017 2310: 2074:Mali 2009: offensive and peace deal 1812:Coordination de la résistance armée 1470: 1273:, had negotiated the deal, between 1011: 16:Tuareg insurgency in Mali and Niger 13: 6756:Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict 6292:Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria 5935: 5891:"Algeria and Mali target al-Qaeda" 5859:"Al-Qaeda 'kills British hostage'" 5661:. DALATOU MAMANE. AFP. 4 May 2009. 5628:"Niger leader meets Tuareg rebels" 5057:Mali president warns Tuareg rebels 4305:. AREVA press office. 22 June 2008 3779:"Tuareg rebels attack Mali convoy" 3582:Mali rebels renege on peace accord 3065:"Rebels attack army base in Niger" 2728:"Niger's natural wealth exploited" 2548:from the original on 19 March 2009 1348: 607:In Niger, fighting flared after a 167:Niger Patriotic Front (2009 split) 14: 7283: 6986:Lord's Resistance Army insurgency 6690:Lord's Resistance Army insurgency 5971: 5871:from the original on 4 March 2011 4370:from the original on 16 June 2011 4066:Niger reporter killed by landmine 3884:, Jeune Afrique, 20 juillet 2008. 3882:"Les Maliens parlent aux Maliens" 2994:from the original on 6 April 2008 2738:from the original on 29 July 2016 2290:Nigerien Minister of the Interior 2247:Front of Forces for Rectification 2232:, FPN) announced that MNJ leader 1997: 1457:Nigerien Internal Security Forces 1269:The Algerian ambassador to Mali, 1166:Alliance-Touareg-Niger-Mali, ATNM 1049:declared a state of alert in the 954:Commissariat à l'énergie atomique 6816:2006–2009 Ethiopian intervention 5883: 5851: 5832: 5813: 5801:Crisis began with nomadic rebels 5794: 5775: 5756: 5733: 5714: 5695: 5683: 5664: 5652: 5620: 5617:. 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