The former Malian army colonel, also known as Bamoussa Diarra, was a right-hand man of Iyad Ag Ghali, the leader of Mali’s most prominent jihadi group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin ...

Iyad Ag Ghali, the central leader of the 1990 rebellion in Mali, formed Ansar al-Din in late 2011. The group quickly emerged around a core of Ifoghas Tuareg and longtime companions of Ag Ghali, ...

The sentence was later reduced by two years. Also in the ICC’s sights over alleged atrocities in Timbuktu is Iyad Ag Ghaly, one of the top jihadist leaders in the Sahel. Ag Ghaly is considered ...

It has provided significant military strength from its base in Kidal, which was also the power base of Ansar al-Din and its leader Iyad Ag Ghali. The HCUA is a signatory party to the Algiers Accords, ...

The sentence was later reduced by two years. Also in the ICC's sights over alleged atrocities in Timbuktu is Iyad Ag Ghaly, one of the top jihadist leaders in the Sahel. Ag Ghaly is considered to ...