Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics ...

Denied citizenship, civic rights and access to services, Libyan Tuareg face a growing marginalisation that has become a ...

Pioneers of desert blues, Tinariwen fuse Tuareg folk traditions with blues and rock — creating hypnotic, guitar-led music ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) – Tuareg leaders in northern Mali have formed a new group which they say will aim to negotiate with the Malian government, as questions linger over the future of the Kidal region. In ...

The jihadis who melted away as French forces moved into northern Mali first got a foothold there by joining a separatist rebellion of the nomadic Tuareg people. Many Tuareg, including those who did ...

KIDAL, Mali (Reuters) - In the birthplace of a Tuareg revolt that nearly tore Mali apart last year, residents said Sunday's election would not bring lasting peace unless a new president in the distant ...