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Agadez: The ancient Sahelian city forced to change amid trying times
A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.
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Mali rebels clash with army
Violence approaches area where people sought refuge amid first clash since Tuareg rebels and troops signed truce deal.
Q&A: Northern Malians’ push for secession
Spokesman for MNLA rebel group tells Al Jazeera people in the north have been marginalised and need autonomy.
![Moussa Ag Assarid, left, chats with French soldiers in Kidal in June 2014 [Kingsley Kobo/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201491011453515734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Orphans of the Sahara: Exile
Part three of this series explores the astonishing wealth that lies beneath the Tuareg’s ancestral land.
Published On 23 Jan 2014
Orphans of the Sahara: Rebellion
Part two of this series explores northern Mali in 2012 as it falls to Tuareg separatists and their al-Qaeda rivals.
Published On 16 Jan 2014
Orphans of the Sahara: Return
With the fall of Gaddafi, thousands of Tuaregs return to Mali and Niger and launch their fight for an independent state.
Published On 9 Jan 2014
Region’s armed groups
Al-Qaeda gets the most attention, but local groups and ethnic fighters are part of a complicated mix of instability.
‘Gentle face’ of al-Qaeda
An exclusive report from inside northern Mali.
Northern Mali: A dying land
Amid desertification and drought, tensions rise as rival armed groups vie for control of the impoverished region.
![Secular Tuareg rebels have been fighting for greater rights for over 50 years [May Ying Welsh/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/201277192951110734_20.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
