Cika wannan jumla:
Tawayen Tuareg na shekarar 2012, gwamnatin Mali ta rasa ikon yankin arewacin kasar, wanda aka ayyana 'yanci daga Mali gaba daya a matsayin wani bangare na jihar Azawad mai rabuwa da National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) a ranar 6 ga Afrilu 2012. An kori gwamnatin MNLA daga yankin bayan Yuni 2012, kuma yankin ya ci gaba da kasancewa karkashin ikon 'yan bindiga daban-daban da kungiyoyin Islama.