Kammala wannan jumla: Yankin Gao wani bangare ne na Mali, yankin arewacin da ya rabu kuma ya ayyana shi mai zaman kansa ta hanyar National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) a lokacin yakin basasa.
Tawayen Tuareg na shekarar 2012. Bayan yakin farko na Gao, MNLA ta rasa iko ga mayakan Islama. An yi wasu yaƙe-yaƙe da yawa a lokacin yaƙin, musamman a Gao.