Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mutanen Tuareg a Mali sun yi tawaye sau da yawa a cikin karni na 20 kafin daga karshe su tilasta sojojin Mali su janye a kasa da layin da ke rarraba Azawad daga kudancin Mali a lokacin yakin basasa na Mali.
Tawaye na shekara ta 2012. A ranar 6 ga Afrilu, 2012, National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ta ba da sanarwar samun 'yanci ga yankin da ta yi iƙirarin zama gida ga Tuareg, mutanen Berber, suna ambaton abin da ta yi zargin cewa nuna bambanci ne ga' yan asalin Azawad da gwamnatin Mali.