Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan dawowar sojoji 5,000 bayan yakin basasar Libya a 2011 da kuma kafa National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, an fara tawaye a ranar 17 ga Janairu 2012 tare da hari a Yankin Kidal, kusa da iyakar Algeria. Bayan juyin mulkin Maris
, 'yan tawayen sun ci gaba da mamayewa don kama manyan biranen uku na Kidal, Gao da Timbuktu a cikin kwanaki uku, bi da bi. A wannan lokacin, wasu bangarorin sun shiga cikin fadace-fadace, gami da Islama Ansar Dine da Movement for Oneness and Jihad a Afirka ta Yamma. Duk da rahotannin Ansar Dine da ke karɓar iko da yawancin abin da MNLA ta fara kamawa ko tare da taimakon MNLA, ƙungiyar ta kafa ikon su a kan manyan yankuna na yankin. Mutanen Tuareg kuma sun dade suna gunaguni game da yin watsi da su a cikin Mali.