The High Council for the Unity of Azawad (HCUA) (French: Haut conseil pour l'unité de l'Azawad) is a Tuareg political movement formed on May 2, 2013, during the Mali War.

The movement was initially called the High Council of Azawad (HCA) (French: Haut conseil de l'Azawad) before changing its name on May 19, 2013.

The High Council of Azawad was created to promote talks between Tuareg rebels and the Malian government during the early stages of the Mali War.

Ag Intalla stated that the HCA "will support all efforts to find through dialogue a negotiated political solution to the crisis that Azawad is going through."

[14][15] The HCUA participated in clashes in Takellote, Kidal Region in 2017 against the El Hadj Ag Gamou-led Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies.

[18] In June 2016, French minister of defense Jean-Yves Le Drian criticized the HCUA's "double game", accusing the group of still having ties to Ansar Dine and Iyad Ag Ghaly.

[21] In an August 8, 2018 report, the United Nations accused Salah Ag Ahmed, mayor of Talataye and a member of HCUA, of being a double agent for Ansar Dine and the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.

[22] Another HCUA member, Mahamadou Ag Rhissa, was accused of migrant smuggling and detaining and sexually exploiting women in Talahandak, Kidal region.