Coordination of Azawad Movements
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| Coordination of Azawad Movements | |
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| ⵜⴰⵙⵈ ⵏ ⵜⵏⴰⴾⵔⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⵢⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ تنسيقية الحركات الأزوادية Coordination des mouvements de l'Azawad | |
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| Leaders | Bilal Ag Acherif Alghabass Ag Intalla Mohamed Ag Najem Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati X Ibrahim Ould Handa[1] |
| Dates of operation | 28 October 2014 – 2023[2] |
| Headquarters | Kidal (until 2023) |
| Active regions | Azawad/northern Mali |
| Ideology | Nationalism Azawad Autonomy Berberism |
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The Coordination of Azawad Movements (French: Coordination des mouvements de l'Azawad (CMA); Tamasheq: ⵜⴰⵙⵈ ⵏ ⵜⵏⴰⴾⵔⵢⵓⵏ ⵜⵢⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ; Arabic: تنسيقية الحركات الأزوادية) is a large coalition of Tuareg independentist and Arab nationalist groups that formed in Mali during the Northern Mali conflict in 2014.[3]
Organization
[edit | edit source]The CMA was founded on 28 October 2014 as an alliance of three separate rebel groups: The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), The High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA), and a faction of the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA) that is active in or around the Timbuktu Region[4]
Other rebel groups claim to belong to the CMA but are not recognized by its founding members: The Coordination of Patriotic Resistance Movements and Forces (CMFPR), the Coalition of the People of Azawad (CPA), the Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (MSA).[citation needed]
The CMA and the MNLA, the largest member of the coalition, are largely secular organisations. Their goal is to achieve independence or a greater deal of autonomy for the region of Azawad. Multiple Saharan ethnic groups, including Tuareg people, Fulani and Songhai, are represented within the CMA.[2] CMA has been described as an umbrella organization that features multiple distinct ideologies.[5]
On February 2023, 3 main rebel groups of CMA, have announced their merger into new rebel coalition, Azawad Liberation Front, in the city of Kidal.[6][7]
The CMA is chaired by Ibrahim Ould Handa as of 2023.[1] Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, president of the CMA from 2017 to 2018, was assassinated in Bamako on April 13, 2021.[8][9]
The CMA formed the Permanent Strategic Framework for Peace, Security, and Development (CSP-PSD) coalition with Platform in 2021. Platform withdrew from the CSP-PSD in 2024.[citation needed]
See also
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