Touzik clashes
| Touzik clashes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Mali War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 GATIA | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 killed |
5 killed 3 injured 4 POWs | ||||||
On July 30, 2016, clashes broke out between GATIA and the Coordination of Azawad Movements in Touzik, Kidal Region, Mali.
Prelude
[edit]A week prior to the clashes at Touzik, a pro-government militia composed of Imghad Tuaregs (considered a vassal clan of Tuaregs by northern Ifoghas Tuaregs) encroached on Kidal, the capital of Kidal region and the headquarters of a coalition of rebel Ifoghas groups, the Coordination of Azawad Movements.[1] Fighting broke out in Kidal, and GATIA was pushed out of the city.[1]
Clashes
[edit]A resurgence in fighting between the CMA and GATIA broke out on July 30, thirty-five kilometers southeast of Kidal near the village of Touzik.[2] Both sides blamed each other for initiating the fighting.[3] The fighting began in the morning, and that afternoon, both sides received reinforcements and resumed their attacks on one another.[4] Smaller clashes took place in Adjlal and Tassik.[5]
Aftermath
[edit]Fahad Ag Almahmoud, the secretary-general of GATIA, claimed six CMA fighters were killed in the clashes.[6] Malian media Kibaru, however, gave a death toll of twenty-five High Council for the Unity of Azawad (a member of the CMA) fighters and only one GATIA death.[5]
A September 2016 United Nations report gave a death toll of five fighters killed on both sides each, with three CMA members wounded and four captured by GATIA.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mali: situation apaisée à Kidal, un mois après l'incursion du Gatia en ville". RFI (in French). 2016-02-28. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Mali : nouveaux combats entre groupes armés près de Kidal". Voice of America (in French). 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Mali : De nouveaux affrontements entre la CMA et le GATIA près de Kidal". malijet.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Mali: violents affrontements entre le Gatia et la CMA à l'est de Kidal". RFI (in French). 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ a b "Nouveaux accrochages meurtriers entre le GATIA et le HCUA près de la ville de Kidal". kibaru.ml (in French). 2016. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ Ahmed, Baba (July 31, 2016). "Des combats entre Touaregs font six morts au Mali". AP. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ^ "Rapport du Secrétaire général sur la situation au Mali" (PDF). United Nations Security Council. September 29, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
