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This paper highlights the process leading to the armed conflict of the Tuareg and the role of different countries in the conflict. In particular, the author examines the way three dramatic events have shaped the livelihoods of the Tuareg: the reorganization of society in the post-interdependence period; the drought and desertification of 1970s and 1980s; and the exploration and discovery of uranium and gold beneath their land in Mali and Niger. These events have created a hierarchy of rights to natural resources, with the Tuareg being marginalized.