Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 30 ga Maris, 2012, Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ya kama Kidal da sansanin soji a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawayen Tuareg don 'yancin Azawad. Mai magana da yawun rundunar sojin Mali
ya ce "Don kare rayukan mutanen Kidal, rundunar soji ta yanke shawarar kada ta tsawaita yakin". An kama Gao da Timbuktu a cikin awanni 48 masu zuwa, kuma a ranar 6 ga Afrilu, National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad ya ayyana 'yancin Azawad daga Mali. A yayin rikicin MNLA ta rasa ikonta ga mayakan Islama. A ranar 30 ga Janairu 2013 sojojin Faransa da na Mali sun koma garin don dawo da shi karkashin ikon gwamnati.