Tuaregs Seized Regional Zeitgeist in Successful Coup -- Defense NewsThe revival of the Tuareg insurgence in Africa is one of the most significant consequences of the Libyan civil war and the subsequent destabilization of Africa’s Sahel region provoked by the fall of the Libyan government.
On April 6, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the new political and military group fronting the Tuareg insurgence, declared the independence of the Azawad, the region in northern Mali that ethnic Tuaregs consider their homeland, after they seized Kidal, Timbuktu and Gao, the three most important cities in north Mali.
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My Comment: The Tuareg rebel movement has the weapons, structure, and political will to assert themselves in their part of Africa. And while I do not see them pushing for autonomy and/or independence from a powerful country like Algeria, they are certainly taking the advantage of asserting their independence from weaker countries like Mali and Niger.
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