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REBELLION: AL-JEBHA 307cook in. In the 1950s, one was not considered rich in the Adagh unless oneowned a herd of 500 head of cattle, in the 1990s one was considered extremelylucky if one owned a herd of 50 camels. Four of these cantonment camps aroseat Bourem, Léré, Kidal and Ménaka. The camps were under the command ofregular army officers and financed by the Malian state as a sign of its commitmentto establishing peace. In return, the FAR-Nord programme wouldfinance the more expensive bonuses for the handing over of arms in the camp;the financing of training of integrated fighters; and the financing of projects toreinsert the remaining fighters into civilian life. 101 The cantonment started inNovember 1995 and lasted until February 1996. In all 2,902 fighters entered thecantonment camps. 102 However, most of the cantoned men had not been coremembers of the movements and most of the arms they presented were outdatedmodels. The best fighters and arms never reached the camps. A number of thesefighters would later form well-equipped tribal militias, their weapons in hiding,which ensured ‘real’ peace among the various communities of the North and,occasionally, serve to engage violently in political affairs.The absence of skilled fighters and the newest weapons could not temperspirits. On 26 March 1996, a highly symbolic date as on that day in 1991dictatorship came to an end, the conflict was ceremoniously ended in burningthe weapons presented by the cantoned fighters at Timbuktu’s main market. Theceremony was attended by the most important Malian Politicians, the MFUAand delegates of the international NGOs. Piled up with fire wood and pouredover with petrol, the weapons burst into fire for the last time. While the armsburned, FPLA leader Zeidane ag Sidi Alamine proclaimed the movementsunited in the MFUA: MPA, ARLA, FIAA, FPLA and Ganda Koy, dissolved.The rebellion was over.101 Poulton, R. & I. ag Youssouf 1998: 115. The costs of these bonuses amounted to$3,000,000, provided by Canada, Norway, the Netherlands and the US.102 The distribution of these fighters over the different movements showed which movementshad won and which had lost in the internal struggle for power. Most fighters,1,092 or 37%, came from the MPA. The Ganda Koy followed close with 811 men or28%. The FPLA could integrate, 453 of its men or 16% of the total number ofintegrés. ARLA and FIAA were the losers with 260 and 288 men respectively, or9% and 10% each. Other movements were not even considered for reintegration.