The Temoust Liberation Front (FLT), or Tamoust Liberation Front was a

Tuareg The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym, depending on variety: ''Imuhaɣ'', ''Imušaɣ'', ''Imašeɣăn'' or ''Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit th ...

militant group that operated in Niger between 1993 and 1997.

History

"Temoust" means identity in the Tuareg language. The FLT was created in June 1993 after breaking off from the Aïr and Azawak Liberation Front, a rebel group in the 1990-95 Tuareg rebellion. It was founded by

Mano Dayak Mano Dayak (1949 – December 15, 1995) was a famous Tuareg people, Tuareg freedom fighter, leader, activist, scholar and negotiator. He led the Tuareg Rebellion (1990–1995), Tuareg Rebellion in Ténéré region, northern Niger during the 1990s. ...

, who was also the FLT's first president. In September 1993, the FLT met with other armed groups, including the FLAA, within the

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. Following Dayak's death in December 1995,

Mohamed Akotey Mohamed Akotey is a Nigerien politician of Ifoghas Tuareg heritage and former rebel leader. Biography Akotey was born around 1967 in the village of Tidene, just north of Agadez. He studied geography in Niamey, and later left to study archaeo ...

took over the FLT.{{Cite book , last=Idrissa , first=Abdourahamane , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArS6_nGsar4C , title=Historical Dictionary of Niger , publisher=The Scarecrow Press , year=2012 , isbn=978-0-8108-6094-0 , pages=170–171, 239 , language=English The Temoust Liberation Front was dissolved in 1997 after the

Additional Peace Agreements of Algiers Additionality is the property of an activity being additional by adding something new to the context. It is a determination of whether an intervention has an effect when compared to a baseline. Interventions can take a variety of forms but ofte ...

. Its former spokesperson, Aoutchiki Kriska, was named special advisor of Tuareg affairs to President

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (9 May 1949 – 9 April 1999) was a Nigerien military officer and diplomat who ruled Niger from 1996 until his assassination. He seized and lost power in military coups. Baré Maïnassara, a Maouri, a subgro ...

at the end of 1997.

References

Tuareg independence movement Rebel groups in Niger 1993 establishments in Niger 1997 disestablishments in Niger