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The MNLA was founded in October 2011; [23] though it is sometimes considered to have been founded more than a year earlier [24] in relation to other such groups. The MNLA claim to be a movement for the liberation of all the peoples of "Azawad" (Songhai, Arab, Fula and Tuareg).
The Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) was a Communist guerrilla army that fought for Malayan independence from the British Empire during the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) and later fought against the Malaysian government in the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989). [4]
On 6 October, 2024, Mon National Liberation Army Battalion-5, headquartered near Payathonzu, defected and joined the NMSP-AD. [6] The next month, the NMSP-AD announced its intention -alongside the Mon Liberation Army, Mon State Revolutionary Force, and Mon State Defense Force- to cooperate with other Mon resistance and eventually unite into a single Mon army.
The Mon National Liberation Army was established as the New Mon State Party's armed wing on 29 August 1971. Early on, the MNLA was mainly made up of ex-soldiers of the Mon People's Front, and Mons from villages and universities, and had the goal of promoting Mon autonomy and culture.
The MNLA began their war for Malayan independence from the British Empire by targeting the colonial resource extraction industries, namely the tin mines and rubber plantations which were the main sources of income for the British occupation of Malaya. The MNLA attacked these industries in the hopes of bankrupting the British and winning ...
The MNLA Secretary General Bilal Ag Acherif was wounded in the battle that also killed four colonels. The MNLA's headquarters and any government building were looted along with the Azawad flag being replaced with sharia. Timbuktu was evacuated by the MNLA a day later after an ultimatum to leave.
MNLA may refer to: Malayan National Liberation Army (1949–1960 and 1968–1989), a; communist guerrilla force Mon National Liberation Army, an insurgent group in ...
Its armed wing, the Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA), has fought the government of Myanmar since 1949, but under different names. The NMSP has attempted many times unsuccessfully to push for constitutional and political reforms through the government sponsored National Convention. The NMSP had signed a ceasefire pact with the government in ...