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Iyad Ag Ghali
Malian Tuareg militant (born 1954)
Iyad Ag Ghali
Iyad Ag Ghali (born 1954), also known by the nom de guerre Abu al-Fadl, is a Malian Tuareg Islamist militant and former musician who is the founder and leader of the Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) since 2017. Born in the Kidal Region in northern Mali into the Ifogha tribe of Tuaregs, Ghali was a percussionist for the musical collective Tinariwen. He participated in the Tuareg rebellions against the government of Mali since the 1980s. He founded the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (PMLA) in 1988 and later became popular figure amongst Azawadian separatists. In 1991, he signed the Tamanrasset Accords and, after the 1996 ceasefire, normalised relations with the Malian government. In 2008, Ghali was appointed as a member of Mali's diplomatic staff in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by President Amadou Toumani Touré. Once a singer, drinker and chain-smoker, Ghali became increasingly religious after being proselytised by Pakistani Islamic scholars affiliated with the Tablighi...
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