Revolutionary Liberation Army of Azawad (in French: Armée Revolutionnaire de Libération de l'Azawad), a Tuareg militant rebel group in northern Mali. ARLA surged as a dissident group opposing the Tamanrasset Accords. In December 1991 ARLA joined the United Movements and Fronts of Azawad (MFUA), which unitedly signed the National Pact peace treaty.
Famous quotes containing the words liberation and/or army:
“Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.”
—R.D. (Ronald David)
“We have nothing to fear from our foes; God keeps a standing army for that service; but we have no ally against our Friends, those ruthless Vandals.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)