Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 22 ga Maris, 2012, an hambarar da Shugaba Amadou Toumani Touré a cikin
wani juyin mulki a kan yadda ya magance rikicin, wata daya kafin zaben shugaban kasa ya kamata ya faru. Sojojin da suka yi tawaye, suna kiran kansu Kwamitin Kasa don Maido da Demokradiyya da Jihar (CNRDR), sun karɓi iko kuma sun dakatar da kundin tsarin mulkin Mali. Sakamakon rashin kwanciyar hankali bayan juyin mulkin, manyan biranen arewacin Mali guda uku - Kidal, Gao da Timbuktu - 'yan tawaye sun mamaye su a cikin kwanaki uku a jere. A ranar 5 ga Afrilu, 2012, bayan kama Douentza, MNLA ta ce ta cimma burinta kuma ta dakatar da hare-haren ta. Kashegari, ya ayyana 'yancin arewacin Mali daga sauran ƙasar, ya sake masa suna Azawad.