The story of a Tuareg woman from Azawad whose family was destroyed by Turkish @BaykarTech drones operated by the Malian army.
She is from Arabanda.
A drone strike killed her husband, her brother and her brother's wife at their home in the bush. x.com
She is from Arabanda.
A drone strike killed her husband, her brother and her brother's wife at their home in the bush. x.com
The woman has five daughters and a son.
Her son has two daughters.
Only the woman, her daughters and her two granddaughters survived the drone strike.
She gathered her children and put them on the backs of her three cows to go to Gao.
Her son has two daughters.
Only the woman, her daughters and her two granddaughters survived the drone strike.
She gathered her children and put them on the backs of her three cows to go to Gao.
Along the way, while she was resting somewhere with her daughters, the drone targeted the cows again.
They fled and continued on foot before a vehicle picked them up along the way and dropped them off in Gao. A car that she paid for with her silver jewelry.
They fled and continued on foot before a vehicle picked them up along the way and dropped them off in Gao. A car that she paid for with her silver jewelry.
They stayed in Gao for a while begging.
So a man from Ersane finds her and lives there for 6 days with his family, and finds a vehicle that he pays to drop the lady and her daughters off at BORJ (Algeria),
Her story was collected by women from Aguelhok, also refugees who
So a man from Ersane finds her and lives there for 6 days with his family, and finds a vehicle that he pays to drop the lady and her daughters off at BORJ (Algeria),
Her story was collected by women from Aguelhok, also refugees who
met her. They listened to the story of what she experienced, like so many other Tuareg families from Azawad.
It's sad but it's true.
@ Illustration photo youtu.be…
It's sad but it's true.
@ Illustration photo youtu.be…
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