Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar watan Janairun 2012, sojojin Mali sun yi arangama da National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad a Aguelhok, Ménaka, da Tessalit a arewacin Mali, inda suka rasa akalla soja daya a hannun wasu mayakan Tuareg a yayin da suke fatattakar hare-haren 'yan tawaye. Wata sanarwa da gwamnatin Mali ta fitar ta ce maharan "sun hada da dakarun da suka dawo daga Libya". A watan Maris, an hambarar da gwamnatin Mali ta Amadou Toumani Touré a wani juyin mulki
da sojojin Mali suka yi a kan yadda ta ke kula da 'yan tawaye a kasar. A watan Yunin 2013, an sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya tsakanin gwamnati da mayakan Tuareg, bayan sa hannun sojojin Faransa a rikicin.