Orphans of the Sahara (2014)

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This documentary series follows the Tuareg people of the Sahara. It shows their lives as they return from fighting in Libya to poverty in Mali and Niger. Then it covers their rebellion for an independent country and how their hopes are crushed by conflict and outside military intervention.

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Orphans of the Sahara is a three-part documentary series produced by Al Jazeera and aired in January 2014. The series follows the story of the Tuareg people of the Sahara desert, from their involvement in war in Libya, fighting for Muammar Gaddafi, to their return home to crushing poverty in Mali and Niger, then as they launched the Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 for an independent country in the Sahara, Azawad. As the Northern Mali conflict escalated, their dreams were crushed once again, first by al-Qaeda, then by French military intervention in Mali and Niger, with the help of military coalitions established by EU nations and US. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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