Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Mushure mekudzoka kwemauto zviuru zvishanu mushure meHondo yeVanhu yeLibya muna 2011 uye kuumbwa kweNational Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, kupandukira kwakatanga musi wa17 Ndira 2012 nekurwiswa muKidal Region, padyo nemuganhu neAlgeria. Kutevera coup d'état yaMarch
, vapanduki vakaenderera mberi nekupinda kuti vatore maguta makuru matatu eKidal, Gao neTimbuktu mumazuva matatu, zvichiteerana. Panguva ino, mamwe mapoka akabatana mukurwisana, kubatanidza Islamist Ansar Dine uye Movement for Oneness and Jihad muWest Africa. Kunyangwe paine mishumo yeAnsar Dine kutora kutonga kwezvakawanda zvezvakange zvatorwa pakutanga ne kana nerubatsiro rweMNLA, boka iri rakamisa kutonga kwavo pamusoro penzvimbo huru dzenharaunda. Vanhu veTuareg vakanga vagara vachinyunyutawo nezvokushayiswa kodzero mukati meMali.