Cika wannan jumla: A farkon shekarar 2012, mayakan Tuareg na National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) sun kwace iko da garuruwa da dama a arewacin Mali. Abubuwan da aka samu sun haifar da
juyin mulki a Mali ta hanyar yin tawaye da sojoji, wanda ya ba da damar MNLA ta dauki manyan biranen Kidal, Gao, da Timbuktu. "TIME" ya kwatanta Kel Adagh a matsayin "ƙungiyar Tuareg da ta fi kusa da tawayen".