Tuareg clans at heart of Mali conflict end feud


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Oct 2015

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Two rival Tuareg clans in northern Mali have ended a decades-old feud that has frustrated efforts to halt a conflict between pro-government militias and separatists, according to documents seen by Reuters.

The Ifoghas and Inghad clans have clashed for decades but their rivalry took on a new dimension when Tuareg separatists led by the Ifoghas group seized the country's north in 2012, with support from Islamist fighters.

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