Azawad Liberation Front

Azawad Liberation Front
Azawad Liberation Front
ⵜⴰⴶⴰⵉⵜ ⵢⵏ ⵢⵙⵢⵍⵢⵍⵓ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ; جبهة تحرير أزواد; Front de libération de l'Azawad
Leaders	Bilal Ag Acherif; Alghabass Ag Intalla; Ibrahim Ould Handa; Hanoune Ould Ali; Fahad Ag Almahmoud (killed in 2024); Habala Ag Hamzata; Mohamed Ag Najem; Achafghi Ag Bohada;
Dates of operation	November 30, 2024 – present
Merger of	National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA); High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA); Part of the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA); Part of the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA);
Motives	Independence or autonomy of Azawad
Active regions	Northern Mali (former State of Azawad)
Ideology	Azawad nationalism
Allies	Ukraine;
Opponents	Mali; Wagner Group; Africa Corps (Russia); Niger;
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The Azawad Liberation Front (Tamashek: ⵜⴰⴶⴰⵉⵜ ⵢⵏ ⵢⵙⵢⵍⵢⵍⵓ ⴰⵣⴰⵓⴰⴷ; Arabic: جبهة تحرير أزواد; French: Front de libération de l'Azawad, abbr. FLA) is a political and military organization in northern Mali founded on November 30, 2024. The organization was formed after the dissolution of the Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad, and included the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), the High Council for Unity of Azawad (HCUA), and the Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA) and the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (GATIA). The organization was founded based on its demands for the independence or autonomy of Azawad.