Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Ganda Iso, or Ganda Izo, meaning "Sons of Land", is a paramilitary group which emerged in Northern Mali in the early 21st century and has been active during the 2012 Northern Mali Conflict. Their main opponents are various Tuareg secessionist groups such as the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. Some of its fighters are Songhai. It was active in the Gao Region of Mali.Ganda Iso is seen as the successor of Ganda Koy.In August 2010, Ganda Koy founder Seydou Cissé says in the Bamako newspaper L'Indépendant that he created Ganda Iso in 2009 for the goal of "maintaining social stability in the region".In 2008, a Ganda Iso military leader, Sergeant Amadou Diallo, conducted a "broad daylight massacre" where four Tuareg civilians were killed. This resulted into a split between Diallo and the civilian leadership of the movement.Amadou Diallo was reportedly killed in Ansongo, in a battle against MNLA rebels on 25 March 2012.On 1 September 2012, the town of Douentza, in the Mopti Region, until then controlled by Ganda Iso, is taken without violence by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa.. }
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- Ganda_Iso abstract "Ganda Iso, or Ganda Izo, meaning "Sons of Land", is a paramilitary group which emerged in Northern Mali in the early 21st century and has been active during the 2012 Northern Mali Conflict. Their main opponents are various Tuareg secessionist groups such as the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. Some of its fighters are Songhai. It was active in the Gao Region of Mali.Ganda Iso is seen as the successor of Ganda Koy.In August 2010, Ganda Koy founder Seydou Cissé says in the Bamako newspaper L'Indépendant that he created Ganda Iso in 2009 for the goal of "maintaining social stability in the region".In 2008, a Ganda Iso military leader, Sergeant Amadou Diallo, conducted a "broad daylight massacre" where four Tuareg civilians were killed. This resulted into a split between Diallo and the civilian leadership of the movement.Amadou Diallo was reportedly killed in Ansongo, in a battle against MNLA rebels on 25 March 2012.On 1 September 2012, the town of Douentza, in the Mopti Region, until then controlled by Ganda Iso, is taken without violence by the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa.".