Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2012, majihadists, nerubatsiro rwevaimbove varwi veTuareg vakadzoka kubva kuLibya, vakapinda kuchamhembe kweMali
uye vakabata Sahel. Arby akaenda muutapwa, achigara kwenguva pfupi muBamako. MuTimbuktu, majihadist akatyisidzira mhuri yake ndokuparadza zviridzwa zvake. Makore matatu gare gare, muna 2015, akadzokera kuTimbuktu. Iye akati "Rudzidziso rwedu haruna kutongorambidza nziyo. Muporofita akakwaziswa nenziyo paakasvika muMecca. Kuregedza nziyo kwakafanana nokuramba kuti tifeme. Asi tinoramba tichirwisana, uye zvichapera, Inch'Allah".