The Tuareg are a nomadic people who have roamed the southern Sahara for centuries.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The government calls the Tuareg armed bandits and drug runners who want the freedom to operate smuggling operations in the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The government calls the Tuareg rebels armed bandits and drug runners who want the freedom to operate smuggling operations in the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In the 1990s, Tinariwen joins with the Tuareg rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

So we're adding to Tuareg traditions, but not denying them.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

Timbuktu was founded by Tuareg nomads around the 11th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter from Timbuktu] Reference

The average Tuareg is perfectly indifferent as to which he does.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

And in the 1980s, the Tuareg rebelled against the nation of Mali.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tinariwen: Music's True Rebels] Reference

The majority are nomads, predominantly the Tuareg, Tibbu, and Moors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sahara desert] Reference

Ethnic groups: Hausa 56\%, Djerma 22\%, Fula 8. 5\%, Tuareg 8\%, Beri.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference

A 1995 peace accord ended a five-year Tuareg insurgency in the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Ethnic divisions: Hausa 56\%, Djerma 22\%, Fula 8. 5\%, Tuareg 8\%, Beri.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Essakane has been a meeting spot for Tuareg tribespeople for many years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

What happens when a band of Tuareg warriors trade their guns for guitars?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

The Sahara -- I want to ride a camel into the desert, see Tuareg blue up close.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maria Rodale: Top 10 Places I Want to Travel to Before I Die] Reference

When away from home the Tuareg covers the lower half of the face by a cloth mask.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

My passion for Middle Eastern music is matched by a fascination with Tuareg music.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Roots Soul and Hebrew Qawwali] Reference

A large portion of the audience, mostly Tuareg tribespeople, arrive at Essakane by camel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

Their success opened the floodgates for a host of excellent and mediocre Tuareg bands to follow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: The Romance of Tinariwen] Reference

My companions and the few other Westerners I see have largely switched to Tuareg turban-like headgear.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

You may as well hate a Tuareg for being a Tuareg or a green-eyed person for being a green-eyed person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Dem Debate/Forum Roundup] Reference

French Foreign Legionnaires disguised as Tuareg tribesmen drove Libya's rag-tag army out of the strip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Margolis: Muammar Qadaffi -- The Great Survivor] Reference

I still have several pictures of me riding around on camels with the Tuareg in the middle of the Sahara.    From Wordnik.com.  [Digging San Francisco] Reference

In the middle of this expedition, I ran into a clan of the local Berber-speaking nomads called the Tuareg.    From Wordnik.com.  [Digging San Francisco] Reference

On their way from the wet - to the dry-season pastures, the Tuareg of Niger regularly harvest wild cereals.    From Wordnik.com.  [14. Wild Grains] Reference

Dyer was kidnapped in Mali by Tuareg nomads and then allegedly killed by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup] Reference

I also learned a trick or two among my Tuareg friends which I exhibited for the lady's benefit on various occasions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference

The Tuareg have risen up regularly — against the French in colonial times and against the Malian government today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

Tinariwen means desert in the Tuareg language, but this group is known for its lush tapestry of bluesy guitar sounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

It ended in 1996, with promises of better representation for the Tuareg in the government, and more freedom of movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

It is largely a Tuareg event, and it must be the only festival where a large part of the audience arrives in camel caravans.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

The unit rings a message of hope through tales of hardship and political upheaval, steeped in Tuareg lore of the Sahara region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 141] Reference

LISTER: The band's long-time manager says Tinariwen have fused ancient and modern in a way that's revolutionized Tuareg culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

TIM LISTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In a precious patch of shade, Tinariwen sing about history, the history of the Tuareg and rebellion.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

ABDOULAHI: We wanted to create a new Tuareg musical identity, with acoustic or electric guitar, but not using traditional instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 16, 2009] Reference

The city is inhabited largely by Tuareg, who are nomadic, very independent, and ethnically different from those who live in southern Mali.    From Wordnik.com.  [Showtime in the Sahara] Reference

Before joining Enough, she was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Niger, where she researched the role of women in urban and rural Tuareg society.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Prendergast: Field Dispatch: Jonglei, Southern Sudan] Reference