The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mali War">Mali War</a> begins when <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Movement_for_the_Liberation_of_Azawad" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad">Tuareg militias</a> start fighting the Malian government for independence.<sup about="#mwt176" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_16#cite_note-32" id="mwAW0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAW4">[32]</span></a></sup>
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