Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara (french: Forces armées révolutionnaires du Sahara, ''FARS'') is a
Toubou
The Toubou or Tubu (from Old Tebu, meaning "rock people") are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya and northeastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or as ...
militant
The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...
group in
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intentions, who kidnapped two Italian tourists in August 2006.
Boubakar Mohamed Sogoma, ethnically Toubou, is a commander of FARS in 2008.
See also
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Niger Movement for Justice
The Nigerien's Movement for Justice (in French ''Mouvement des Nigériens pour la justice'', MNJ) is a largely Tuareg ethnic, northern Niger based militant group. But the MNJ also includes other nomadic ethnicities, within this area, such as the ...
(french: Mouvement des Nigériens pour la justice, MNJ)
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Azawagh
The Azawagh (alias ''Azaouagh'' or ''Azawak'') is a dry basin covering what is today the northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria. The Azawagh is mainly made up of Sahelian and Saharan flatlands and ha ...
References
External links
Minorities at Risk Assessment for Tuaregs in Niger Rebel groups in Niger
Paramilitary organisations based in Niger
National liberation movements
Secessionist organizations
Tuareg
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