The Movement for the Salvation of Azawad (French: Mouvement pour le salut de l'Azawad; abbreviated MSA) is a Tuareg political movement and armed group in Azawad, Mali.

[2] The MSA was founded on 2 September 2016[2] in Tin-Fadimata, north of Ménaka, by former members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).

[3] With French support, a joint-operation was conducted by the MSA and the Imghad Tuareg Self-Defense Group and Allies (or GATIA) on 23 February 2018 to capture or kill Malian ISIL commander Abu Walid al-Sahrawi.

Six ISIL militants were killed in the ensuing clashes, but Al-Sahrawi survived and evaded capture.

[5] In July 2019 MSA joined Platform[6][7] and as that also later the CSP-DPA on 6 May 2021,[8] though it later withdrew from it on the 24 September 2023 over its conflict with the Malian Government.