`` Some of the refugees have been cared for by ( local ) villagers , but space has been absorbed very quickly , '' said Jurg Eglin who heads ICRC operations in Niger and Mali . The nomadic Tuaregs are spread across several countries . Some fought for former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi . Others have been fighting in Mali and Niger since the early 1990s, where they were part of a Tuareg rebel movement that was eventually crushed by French troops.
The nomadic Tuaregs are spread across several countries . Some fought for former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi . Others have been fighting in Mali and Niger since the early 1990s, where they were part of a Tuareg rebel movement that was eventually crushed by French troops.