Tuareg
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1. Tuareg - Noun
2. Tuareg - Proper noun
Meaning
Tuareg (plural Tuaregs or Tuareg)
A member of a traditionally nomadic Berber people of the Sahara.
Synonym: Imohagh
Tuareg
Any of various Berber languages spoken by the Tuareg people.
Synonym: Tamajaq
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Africa main seeAlso Tuareg nomads in southern Algeria Starting fire by hand.
As a consequence Borno lost many northern territories to the Tuareg whose mobility allowed them to endure the famine more effectively.
From 2007 to 2008, the Second Tuareg Rebellion took place in northern Niger, worsening economic prospects at a time of political limited progress.
Failed promises by the government of Ali Saïbou fueled growing Tuareg discontent leading to an attack on a police station in Tchin-Tabaradene in May 1990.
His main adversaries were the Hausa to the west, the Tuareg and Toubou to the north, and the Bulala to the east.
In 1994, Tuareg, reputed to have been trained and armed by Libya, attacked Gao, which again led to major Malian Army reprisals and to the creation of the Ghanda Koi Songhai militia to combat the Tuareg.