Adjelhoc

Adjelhoc
Coordinates	19 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 51 ′ E Coordinates: 19 ° 28 ′ N , 0 ° 51 ′ E
Basic data
Country	Mali
region	Kidal
ISO 3166-2	ML-8
Residents	8080 (2009)
	Adjelhoc

Aguelhok (also Aguelhok) is a municipality in the district of Tessalit in the Kidal region in Mali .

The place is in the Sahara near the border with Algeria (134 km as the crow flies) near Timiaouine and has 8,080 inhabitants. Most of its inhabitants belong to the Tuareg people .

history

At the end of January 2012, Adjelhoc was captured by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). The attackers killed several dozen government soldiers . Overall, the death toll is said to be between 80 and 100, including civilians. This resulted in protests, including in Bamako , and pogroms against members of the Tuareg.

Individual evidence

↑ INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census ( Memento from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 686 kB)
↑ Dominic Johnson : With helicopters against rebels. In: the daily newspaper . February 14, 2012, accessed February 15, 2012 .
↑ Thomas Scheen : Tuareg set up massacres in northern Mali. In: FAZ . February 14, 2012, accessed February 21, 2012 .

Web links

Commons : Adjelhoc - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] INSTAT: Results of the 2009 census ( Memento from July 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 686 kB)

[TAZHub-2] Dominic Johnson : With helicopters against rebels. In: the daily newspaper . February 14, 2012, accessed February 15, 2012 .

[3] Thomas Scheen : Tuareg set up massacres in northern Mali. In: FAZ . February 14, 2012, accessed February 21, 2012 .