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Mali's Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) group, Bilal Ag Cherif arrives to sign documents during a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between the Malian government and armed groups in the north of Mali on May 14, 2015 in Algiers. Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), initialled a peace agreement with the government but demanded changes before signing a deal to end decades of conflict in the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mali's Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) group, Bilal Ag Cherif arrives to sign documents during a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between the Malian government and armed groups in the north of Mali on May 14, 2015 in Algiers. Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), initialled a peace agreement with the government but demanded changes before signing a deal to end decades of conflict in the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mali's Bilal Acherif (2nd-L), the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, looks on during a meeting for a peace agreement between the Malian government and some northern armed groups on January 18, 2016, in the Algerian capital, Algiers. / AFP / Farouk Batiche (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mali's Bilal Acherif (2nd-L), the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, looks on during a meeting for a peace agreement between the Malian government and some northern armed groups on January 18, 2016, in the Algerian capital, Algiers. / AFP / Farouk Batiche (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mali's Bilal Acherif, the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, looks on during a peace agreement ceremony as part of mediation talks between the Malian government and some northern armed groups, on March 1, 2015 in the Algerian capital Algiers. The deal, hammered out in eight months of tough negotiations in neighbouring Algeria, provides for the transfer of a raft of powers from Bamako to the north, an area the size of Texas that the rebels refer to as "Azawad". AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mali's Bilal Acherif, the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, looks on during a peace agreement ceremony as part of mediation talks between the Malian government and some northern armed groups, on March 1, 2015 in the Algerian capital Algiers. The deal, hammered out in eight months of tough negotiations in neighbouring Algeria, provides for the transfer of a raft of powers from Bamako to the north, an area the size of Texas that the rebels refer to as "Azawad". AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Mali's Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) group, Bilal Ag Cherif arrives to sign documents during a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between the Malian government and armed groups in the north of Mali on May 14, 2015 in Algiers. Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), initialled a peace agreement with the government but demanded changes before signing a deal to end decades of conflict in the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Mali's Secretary-General of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) group, Bilal Ag Cherif arrives to sign documents during a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between the Malian government and armed groups in the north of Mali on May 14, 2015 in Algiers. Mali's main Tuareg-led rebel alliance, the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), initialled a peace agreement with the government but demanded changes before signing a deal to end decades of conflict in the west African nation. AFP PHOTO / FAROUK BATICHE (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra (C-L) taking with Mali's Bilal Acherif (R), the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, during a meeting for a peace agreement between the Malian government and some northern armed groups on January 18, 2016, in the Algerian capital, Algiers. / AFP / Farouk Batiche (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra (C-L) taking with Mali's Bilal Acherif (R), the general secretary of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, during a meeting for a peace agreement between the Malian government and some northern armed groups on January 18, 2016, in the Algerian capital, Algiers. / AFP / Farouk Batiche (Photo credit should read FAROUK BATICHE/AFP/Getty Images)
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