REUTERS/Souleymane Ag AnaraFighting has broken out in northern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of the West African country. The fighting was between the government-allied militia group GATIA and the Coordination of Azawad Movements, a coalition of groups seeking autonomy in northern Mali that includes ethnic Arabs and Tuaregs. Both of the groups had signed on to a peace deal in June 2015 between Mali’s government and armed groups in the northern part of the country. But a GATIA spokesman, Fahad Ag Al Mahmoud, said coalition members had started firing on the GATIA convoy. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara Anti-government protesters gather in Gao, Mali, July 12, 2016.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2016 20:26 UTC