Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yakin Mali ya kasance rikici na yaƙi wanda ya fara a watan Janairun 2012 tsakanin sassan arewa da kudancin Mali a Afirka. A ranar 16 ga watan Janairun 2012, kungiyoyin 'yan tawaye da dama sun fara yakin neman zabe
a kan gwamnatin Mali don samun 'yancin kai ko kuma karin ikon mallaka ga arewacin Mali, wanda suka kira Azawad. Kungiyar National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), wata kungiya da ke gwagwarmayar sanya wannan yanki na Mali a matsayin gida mai zaman kanta ga mutanen Tuareg, ta karɓi iko da yankin a watan Afrilu na 2012.