MNLA offers to fight Mali Islamists amid reprisal fears


  • World
  • Sunday, 20 Jan 2013

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Mali's MNLA Tuareg separatists said on Sunday they were ready to join international efforts to liberate northern Mali from Islamist rebels, amid fears the Malian army could exact revenge on Tuaregs for an uprising last year.

The MNLA launched a rebellion in northern Mali early in 2012, wresting control of the region from government forces after a military coup in March which was prompted by the government's handling of the uprising.

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