Alghabass Ag Intalla

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Alghabass Ag Intalla (born 1971) is a Malian Tuareg politician and military commander who is serving as the leader of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) since 2024. He also served as the secretary-general of the Coordination of Azawad Movements and was a senior leader in the High Council for the Unity of Azawad. Born in Kidal into a family belonging to the Kel Adagh clan of Tuaregs, he became involved in national politics during his teenage years. He served as the representative of Kidal in the National Assembly from 2002 until 2012 when the Mali War broke out. Intalla initially joined National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) to fight the Malian Army, though quickly switched allegiances to Ansar Dine. He rose to becoming the second-in-command of Ansar Dine within months, representing the movement in Burkina Faso in 2012. Ideologically a moderate Islamist and Azawadian nationalist, Intalla broke up with Ansar Dine in early 2013 and founded the Islamic Movement of Azawad (MIA...

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