Gaddafi generals arrive in Burkina Faso
A number of Libyan generals loyal to fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi have reportedly arrived in Burkina Faso after passing through Niger.
According to AFP quoting an unnamed source from Niger’s Tuareg community, a convoy of armored vehicles first brought the generals into Niger via the northern Nigerien town of Agadez some three to four weeks ago.
The source added that they then headed for Niamey, the capital of Niger, and made a transaction at the Libyan bank Bisic before entering Burkina Faso.
The convoy was escorted by a Tuareg rebel leader that had longstanding ties with Gaddafi. He fled to Libya after he was defeated in a war of independence for Tuareg nomads and was believed to be fighting on behalf of Gaddafi.
The Tuareg are a nomadic pastoralist people and are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. They regularly provided mercenaries used by Gaddafi to fight revolutionary fighters.
Source: irib.ir
