Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Muna Ndira 2012 kupandukira kwevaTuareg kwakatanga kuchamhembe kweMali, kwaitungamirirwa neNational Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). Muna March, mukuru wemauto Amadou Sanogo akatora simba mukubvuta hurumende
, ichitaura nezvekutadza kwaToure kudzvinyirira kupandukira, uye zvichitungamira kuzvirango uye kurambidzwa neEconomic Community yeWest Africa States. MNLA yakakurumidza kudzora kuchamhembe, ichizivisa rusununguko seAzawad. Zvisinei, mapoka echiIslam anosanganisira Ansar Dine neAl-Qaeda muIslamic Maghreb (AQIM), avo vakabatsira MNLA kukunda hurumende, vakatendeukira kuTuareg ndokutora hutongi hweNorth nechinangwa chekushandisa sharia muMali.