Malians Protest at French Parliament, June 2012
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Photo 1 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIMali's politics spilled onto the streets of Paris when supporters of a breakaway Tuareg state in the north, Azawad, tried to win the newly elected French government's ear. Attayer Ag Mohammed, spokesperson in Europe for the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad's (MNLA), called for political engagement with the new French government. -
Photo 2 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIAn MNLA supporter holds the Azawad flag. The blue represents the Mediterranean, the green the coastline and the yellow the desert. -
Photo 3 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIThis Berber woman from Algeria thinks Tuareg nomads should have their own homeland. -
Photo 4 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIAnother supporter says nomadic people continue to experience discrimination by governments in north Africa. -
Photo 5 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIThis Tuareg man from Niger also supports the MNLA. -
Photo 6 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIThamilla Ait Ali is with the Berber rights group, Tamazgha, which supports the MNLAs bid for indepedence. -
Photo 7 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIDjitteye Mahamane is with the Association of North Malians and Supporters. He thinks the MNLA declared independence with the aim of controlling smuggling routes across the Sahara. -
Photo 8 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIThis woman says many of her relatives fled Timbuktu earlier this year because of fighting between the MNLA and Mali's army. -
Photo 9 of 9Credit: Rosie Collyer/RFIWhile, this woman is hopeful that Mali will remain one country and that the MNLA will fail in their bid for independence.
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