Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) pose for a picture on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) hold up their flag in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) stand guard during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Hassan Ag Fagaga(C), president of the interim authority of Kidal, is seen with Tuareg dignitaries who came for the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), petrol during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) patrol through town during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) patrol through town during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) patrol through town during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

A fighter for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), rides a motorcycle in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), petrol during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

A fighter for Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) patrols through town during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), petrol during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

A fighter for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), stands guard during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 28, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

An aerial view of the city of Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

An aerial view of men playing football in Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Mbarick Ag Akli, a dignitary Tuareg from the city of Gao, looks on during the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Invitees to the Congress for the Fusion of Movements gather in Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Invitees to the Congress for the Fusion of Movements greet each other in Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Mohamed Najim (C), chief of staff for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), talks with attendees at the Congress for the Fusion of Movements in Kidal on August 27, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)

Fighters for The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), poses around heavy artillery in Kidal on August 26, 2022. - One of Mali’s main armed groups, The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), held a congress at the end of August 2022 in Kidal, to commit to the merger of all armed ex-rebel groups belonging to the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), who signed the peace agreement in 2015. (Photo by SOULEYMANE AG ANARA / AFP)