150 2006 2007-2009 On May 23, 2006, the May 23, 2006 Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC) simultaneously mutinied in the cities of Kidal and Ménaka, sparking the 2006 Tuareg rebellion.

The Tuareg officers subjugated pro-Malian colleagues starting around 5 in the morning, and quickly captured the camps at Kidal and Menaka.

[6][4] In Menaka, the town's commander Ba Ag Moussa looted his unit's weaponry and fled to the Adrar des Ifoghas mountains in northern Kidal Region to meet up with other ADC members.

[7][1] Negotiations between the ADC and the Malian and Nigerien governments began immediately after the attack, and the Ifergenoussen sub-clan of Ifoghas Tuaregs (of whom Fagaga and Bahanga belonged to) were the heart of the new rebellion.

[1] The rebellion came to an end in July 2006 with the Algiers Accords of 2006, which promised to uphold the 1996 peace agreement and develop Kidal Region.