At the turn of the 20th century, the Tuareg were the last of the West African peoples to be pacified by the French, and their lands were absorbed into parts of Niger, Mali, Algeria, and Libya.

Here are some of his favorite items from Libya. A: The watch ... A: The knife [at right] is a classic Tuareg knife; you find these in the central Sahara. The locals use it to open a tuna can ...

OBARI, Libya, (Reuters) - "Let us all speak frankly, the Tuareg were with Gaddafi," the revolutionary fighter spat across the table. Ali Aghali, a Tuareg tribesman, calmly pulled his hands out from ...

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As Peter Dorrie explained in a 2012 article in World Politics Review, Gaddafi "trained scores of young Tuareg in military camps in Libya, ostensibly to prepare them for rebellion in their home ...

A Malian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, shot down over the border in Algeria has escalated tensions between the two ...