Two Rebel groups have agreed to merge and create an independent Islamic state in Northern Mali.<br /><br />After seizing Azawad - an area larger than France - two months ago, the groups had initially disagreed, with the secular Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) resisting the al-Qaeda linked Ansar Dine's calls to create an Islamic state.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/
