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. Bayan wasu nasarori na farko da korafe-korafe daga rundunar sojin Mali cewa ba ta da kayan aiki don yakar 'yan tawaye, wadanda suka amfana da kwararar manyan makamai daga yakin basasar Libya na 2011 da kuma wasu kafofin, bangarorin sojojin
ya yi juyin mulkin soja a ranar 21 ga Maris, 2012. Bayan juyin mulkin, 'yan tawayen sun ci gaba da ci gaba don kama manyan biranen uku a arewa: Gao, Timbuktu da Kidal. Bayan takunkumin tattalin arziki da kuma toshewar da kungiyar tattalin arzikin kasashen Afirka ta Yamma (ECOWAS) ta yi wa kasar, an sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya, wacce Shugaba Blaise Compaoré ya sasanta a Burkina Faso a karkashin jagorancin ECOWAS, wanda zai ga Amadou Sanogo ya ba da iko ga Dioncounda Traoré don karɓar shugabancin a matsayin na wucin gadi har sai an gudanar da zabe.