Cika jumlar da ke gaba: A shekarar 2012, Tuareg da sauran al'ummomi a arewacin yankin Azawad na arewacin Mali sun fara tayar da kayar baya a arewacin karkashin tutar National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. Sojojin Mali sun koka da cewa ba su da kayan aiki don yaƙar 'yan tawaye, waɗanda suka amfana da kwararar manyan makamai daga yaƙin basasa na Libya na 2011 da kuma wasu tushe. A ranar 21 ga watan Maris na shekarar 2012 sojojin kasar
ya yi juyin mulkin soja kuma ya kafa "Kwamitin Kasa don Maido da Demokradiyya da Jiha". Zaɓen da aka tsara an yi tambaya bayan shugabannin juyin mulki sun dakatar da kundin tsarin mulki kuma sun kama ministocin gwamnati, yayin da suka yi alƙawarin cewa, a wani lokaci a nan gaba, za a gudanar da zaɓe don mayar da mulki ga farar hula. Bayan juyin mulkin, 'yan tawayen sun ci gaba da ci gaba don kama manyan biranen uku a arewa. A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2012, a karkashin matsin lamba daga Kungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Kasashen Afirka ta Yamma (ECOWAS), shugaban gwamnatin mulkin mallaka Kyaftin Amadou Sanogo ya ba da sanarwar cewa za a dawo da kundin tsarin mulki.