CMA — Coordination of Azawad Movements
The separatist signatory coalition of the 2015 Algiers Agreement, which governed Kidal de facto for a decade; dissolved into the FLA in 2024.
Broad area of activity
Kidal region above all; Gao and Timbuktu region strongholds.
Notable history
Formed for the Algiers process, the CMA governed Kidal de facto for nearly a decade while nominally implementing a peace agreement that never delivered. It fought MINUSMA’s departure war in 2023, lost Kidal, and chose unification over coalition — ending a decade in which “CMA” was shorthand for the northern question itself.
Strengths
International negotiating standing; control of Kidal 2014–2023.
Limitations
Internal rivalries among components; hostage to a peace process neither side implemented.
Subordinate & associated
Lineage & institutional history
Successors: Azawad Liberation Front (FLA)
The separatist signatory coalition of the 2015 Algiers Agreement, coordinating MNLA, HCUA and MAA factions; dissolved into the unified FLA in November 2024.
Key events
Signing of the Algiers Agreement
The government, the pro-government Platform and the separatist CMA sign the Algerian-brokered Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation — decentralisation, integration of ex-combatants, and development for the north.
Mali terminates the Algiers Agreement
Bamako formally ends the 2015 peace agreement, citing signatory violations and Algerian interference — months after retaking Kidal by force.