Iyad Ag Ghaly met with representatives of armed groups in the North, signatories of the 2015 peace agreement. The interview took place at the end of last week, near Kidal. The leader of Jnim (Support Group for Islam and Muslims), linked to al-Qaeda, wants to concentrate everyone’s efforts against the Islamic State group but without entering into a formal alliance.
Some talk about a big meeting, others of a succession of interviews, between Wednesday and Thursday, January 26, in Djounhane, about forty kilometers from Kidal.
Several senior executives of various armed groups in the North as well as security sources ensure that Iyad Ag Ghaly met three prominent personalities. The first is Alghabass Ag Intallah: head of the HCUA, member of the CMA (former separatist rebels) and the CSP (which brings together the armed groups of the North who signed the 2015 peace agreement concluded with the Malian state, all tendencies).
The second is General El Hadj Ag Gamou: General of the Malian army and military leader of the Gatia, an armed group that is a member of the Platform (armed groups from the North that have always defended the unity of the Malian State) and of the CSP.