The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) is a coalition of
Tuareg
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...
independence and Arab nationalist groups which formed in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
during the
Northern Mali conflict in 2014.
, While presiding over the CMA, Sidi Brahim Ould Sidatt was assassinated in Bamako on April 13, 2021.
Organization
The CMA is currently chaired by
Bilal Ag Acherif
Bilal Ag Acherif () (born 1977 in Kidal Region, Mali, last name alternatively spelled Cherif) is the Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and president of a briefly independent Azawad.
In 1993, he left M ...
as of March 2017.
Participants
* The
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad or the Azawad National Liberation Movement (Tamasheq: '; ar, الحركة الوطنية لتحرير أزواد ''al-Ḥarakat al-Waṭaniyat Litaḥrīr ʾĀzawād''; french: Mouvement nati ...
(MNLA)
* The
High Council for Unity of Azawad (HCUA)
* The
Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA)
* The Coordination of Patriotic Resistance Movements and Forces (CMFPR)
* The Coalition for the People of Azawad (CPA)
See also
*
Azawad
Azawad, or Azawagh (Tuareg: Azawaɣ, or Azawad; ar, أزواد) was a short-lived unrecognised state from 2012 to 2013. Azawagh (''Azawaɣ'') is the generic Tuareg Berber name of all Tuareg Berber areas, especially the northern half of Mali ...
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Tuareg rebellions
References
2014 establishments in Mali
History of Azawad
Political movements in Mali
Tuareg independence movement
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