Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2012, membobin National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad sun kai hari kan garuruwa a duk faɗin Mali, gami da Gao, bayan juyin mulkin Mali na 2012 da Tawayen Tuareg
wanda ya hambarar da Shugaba Amadou Toumani Touré. Pétronin ya nemi mafaka a ofishin jakadancin Aljeriya, kuma ya tsere ta wata kofa ta baya lokacin da 'yan tawayen Tuareg suka kama jami'an diflomasiyyar Aljeriya. Ta bar kasar kuma ta dawo shekara mai zuwa.