sentences:  The Tuareg have controlled several trans-Saharan trade routes and have been an important party to the conflicts in the Saharan region during the colonial and post-colonial era.The origin and the meaning of the name "Tuareg" have long been debated, with various etymologies hypothesized.It would appear that "Twārəg" is derived from the broken plural of "Tārgi", a name whose former meaning was "inhabitant of "Targa"", the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan.