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Tuareg village men read from the Koran as part of their daily study in a village 60 miles North of Timbuktu, September 10, 2009. This village is made up of newly sedentary Tuareg people who fled the Tuareg Rebellion and subsequent Mali Tuareg purges. They lived as refugees in Mauritania in poor conditions, having left all their possesions and livestock behind when they fled Mali. They only returned to Mali after the peace accord was signed and their leader had personally been back to see for himself if it was safe. They now live sedentary lives alongside Songhay people in Tin-Telout raising goats and cattle, they have adoped this sedentary practise as a joint result of long periods of drought and instability.