Azawad Next New Entity?
Inviato: 28 maggio 2012, 8:52BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s Tuareg rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and Ansar Dine Islamist militants have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in the north of the country, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.
“The agreement reached this evening will see the merging of the two movements – the MNLA and Ansar Dine – to create an independent Islamic state,†MNLA spokesman Mohamed Ag Attaher told Reuters by phone from Gao, in the north of Mali where the deal was signed.
“It will also see the merging of our two forces and the appointment of an executive authority for the Azawad state,†Attaher said, referring to the northern regions of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktuâ€.
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“The agreement reached this evening will see the merging of the two movements – the MNLA and Ansar Dine – to create an independent Islamic state,†MNLA spokesman Mohamed Ag Attaher told Reuters by phone from Gao, in the north of Mali where the deal was signed.
“It will also see the merging of our two forces and the appointment of an executive authority for the Azawad state,†Attaher said, referring to the northern regions of Kidal, Gao and Timbuktuâ€.
Full details http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84Q00620120527