Agreement
MNJ ceasefire and disarmament, 2009
A Libyan-brokered peace deal ended a Tuareg rebellion in Niger over resource-revenue and environmental grievances.
What happened
A Libyan-brokered ceasefire in May 2009 and subsequent disarmament process ended the MNJ rebellion, which had sought uranium-revenue sharing and environmental remediation.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The Niger Movement for Justice (Mouvement des Nigériens pour la Justice, MNJ), a largely ethnic Tuareg militant group in northern Niger, was formed in February 2007 in response to extensive French and other Western uranium mining in Tuareg-inhabited lands, demanding greater local economic development, a larger share of mining revenue, and remediation of environmental harm associated with mining operations around Arlit; a Libyan-brokered ceasefire and amnesty was reached in May 2009, and by 15 June 2009 the Nigerien government had begun a cantonment and disarmament process for an expected 1,200 fighters of the allied Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) coalition.
- Niger Movement for Justice (Wikipedia) link, Formation, Demands and Peace Agreement sections. Source record