Souéloum Diagho, the contemporary Tuareg poet, comes from Tessalit in the North of Mali.
Tessalit |
The Agence France-Presse reported that Ansar Dine claimed to occupy the towns of Tinzaouaten, Tessalit, and Aguelhok, all close to the Algerian border, and that they had captured at least 110 civilian and military prisoners.