| The site is also a meeting place for Tuaregs, nomadic people known for their blue robes. |
| Pastoralism remains an important activity in the continent today, and exemplified by the Fulani, Maasai and the Tuaregs communities. |
| Too many of Mali's majority, on the other hand, look upon all Tuaregs with suspicion. |
| A subsequent coup in the Malian capital Bamako led to chaos, and Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist extremists overpowered the Tuaregs to seize control of Mali's northern half. |
| For centuries the nomadic Tuaregs of the Sahara, warned off by legends of diabolical fumes and flames, have avoided camping in the dry lake beds around Timbuktu, Mall. |
| The Tuaregs are nomadic pastoral people in North Africa and are from Berber descent. |
