Cheick Modibo Diarra akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri wehurumende yenguva pfupi yeMali musi wa17 Kubvumbi 2012 kubatsira kudzorera hutongi hwevanhu mushure me "coup d'état" yaMarch 2012.
. Hurumende yake, inoumbwa nenhengo makumi maviri nemana, yakagadzwa musi wa25 Kubvumbi 2012. Zvitatu zvezvinzvimbo zvakakosha - hushumiro hwekuchengetedza, kuchengetedzeka kwemukati, uye hutongi hwenyika - zvakapihwa kuvakuru vehurumende vane hukama nehutongi hwechiuto hwakabata masimba munaKurume uye vakachengetedza basa rakakosha kunyangwe mushure mekudzosera masimba kuvanhuwo zvavo. Zvikasadaro, hurumende yacho yakanga yakaumbwa navanamazvikokota panzvimbo pevanhu vezvematongerwe enyika.