Reuters is reporting that
Niger's Tuareg rebel leader Aghaly ag Alambo said his fighters would lay
down their arms from Monday and, together with neighbouring Mali's Tuareg
rebellion, submit to mediation by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Probably not many people are aware of this continuing conflict in the Sahara desert.The eruptions flared up last year,rebel leaders in both Mali and Libya seeking greater autonomy over their affairs.In particular they have complained of unequal distribution of wealth in what is an oil-rich Saharan region and poor representation in government and the army.
Last year Tuareg rebels hit a U.S. military plane with small arms fire and attacked a remote Mali army garrison near the border with Algeria.
the Tuareg are a nomadic people whose ancestral lands stretch across large parts of the Saharan desert.They were victims of the colonial carve up of territory at the end of the 19th century and found themselves distributed across a number of sovereign countries
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