Cika wannan jumla: A tsakiyar watan Janairun 2012, sojojin Mali sun yi arangama da kungiyar National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad a Aguelhok, Ménaka, da Tessalit a arewacin Mali, inda suka rasa a kalla 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, gwamnatin kasar Mali ta Amadou Toumani Touré ta yi watsi da kudurin da ta dauka na hana 'yan ta'adda shiga kasar.
An hambarar da shi a juyin mulkin da sojojin Mali suka yi a kan yadda yake 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.