EXPLAINER
What is the Azawad Liberation Front, part of the Mali attacks?
Tuaregs have long fought for independence in northern Mali, and the FLA represents the latest of many rebellions.
![Ould Sidati was president of the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), an alliance that brought together several Tuareg and Arab nationalist groups [File: Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2015-06-20T120000Z_131224290_GF10000134525_RTRMADP_3_MALI-REBELS-DEAL.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Q&A: Northern Malians’ push for secession
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![Moussa Ag Assarid, left, chats with French soldiers in Kidal in June 2014 [Kingsley Kobo/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491011453515734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
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Published On 23 Jan 2014
Orphans of the Sahara: Rebellion
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Orphans of the Sahara: Return
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Northern Mali: A dying land
Amid desertification and drought, tensions rise as rival armed groups vie for control of the impoverished region.
![Secular Tuareg rebels have been fighting for greater rights for over 50 years [May Ying Welsh/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/201277192951110734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
