Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna January 2012, hondo yakatanga kuchamhembe kweMali, apo vapanduki vechiTuareg vakatora nzvimbo iri kuchamhembe, uye muna April vakazivisa kuti nyika itsva yeAzawad yaizoparadzana. Kurwisana kwacho kwakanga kwakaomeswa ne
kudengenyeka kwechiuto kwakaitika muna March uye gare gare kurwisana pakati pevaTuareg nemamwe mapoka evapanduki. Mukupindura kune zviwanikwa zvenharaunda, mauto eFrance akatanga Opération Serval munaJanuary 2013. Kwapera mwedzi, mauto eMali neFrance akatorazve chikamu chikuru chokuchamhembe. Sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dzakaitwa musi wa 28 Chikunguru 2013, nedanho rechipiri rakaitwa musi wa 11 Nyamavhuvhu, uye sarudzo dzemitemo dzakaitwa musi wa 24 Mbudzi na 15 Zvita 2013.