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| Touareg rebel leader arrives in Algiers | |
| 2010-01-25 | |
| [Maghrebia] Former Touareg rebel leader Ibrahim Ag Bahanga arrived Saturday (January 23rd) in Algeria, El Watan reported. The head of Mali's Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC) will reportedly meet with senior government officials to express his personal commitment to reviving the 2006 peace agreement with Bamako mediated by Algerian Ambassador Abdelkrim Gheraib. When more than 500 Touaregs surrendered their weapons last February in Kidal as part of the Algiers Accord, Ag Bahanga refused to participate. Ag Bahanga was also absent from the closed-door conference of Touareg leaders held earlier this month in Algiers.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 That is actually not a bad description. Their culture is so different from other cultures in the area. For example, the men are veiled, not the women. Very interesting, very old culture that predates the influence of the Arabs in the area. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-01-25 20:17 |
| #1 The Touaregs are the Kurds of N Africa. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2010-01-25 02:19 |