Alghabass the brother of Mohamed ag Intalla the Kidal-based traditional ruler – amenokal – of the Ifoghas northern Tuareg injected crucial momentum into the peace process a decade ago when he left Iyad ag Ghali's jihadist Ansar Dine movement to join the talks in Ouagadougou and then Algiers...
After fighting last month at Ber near Timbuktu – where former separatists tried to prevent the army occupying a base relinquished by the UN troops – Mohamed ag Intalla head of the Adagh Council called for restraint and a renewed effort to implement the 2015 Algiers peace accord...
Appointees to this interim legislature include CMA spokesman Attay ag Abdallah and the general secretary of the Mouvement pour le Salut de l'Azawad (MSA) Moussa ag Acharatoumane as well as some of the most senior community notables including Abdoul Magid ag Mohamed Ahmed al Ansary chief of the Kel Ansar tribe from Timbuktu and Mohamed ag Intalla the Amenokal of the Ifoghas – the northern Tuareg clan from Kidal who have provided the core support for the separatist cause...
Nor has the rebel cause been favoured by the intervention of Mohamed ag Intalla the new Amenokal the traditional ruler of the Ifoghas Tuareg clan dominant in Kidal (AC Vol 55 No 6 Talking Timbuktu)...
One of its leaders Alghabass ag Intalla is a former Ansar Eddine lieutenant while another his brother Mohamed ag Intalla is the RPM member for Tin-Essako in Kidal...
His brother Mohamed ag Intallah is known to reject armed revolt and to favour national unity...