Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa22 Kurume 2012, Mutungamiri Amadou Toumani Touré akabviswa pachigaro nechisimba nekuda kwekugadzirisa kwake dambudziko iri, mwedzi mumwe sarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dzisati dzaitwa. Varwi vanopandukira, vanozvidana vamene kuti National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State
(CNRDR), yakatora masimba uye yakamisa bumbiro reMali. Somuuyo wokusagadzikana kwakatevera kuputsika, maguta makuru matatu okuchamhembe kweMali - Kidal, Gao neTimbuktu - akaparadzwa nevapanduki kwemazuva matatu akatevedzana. Musi wa 5 Kubvumbi 2012, mushure mekutora Douentza, iyo MNLA yakati yainge yaita zvinangwa zvayo uye yakamisa kurwisa kwayo. Zuva rakatevera racho, rakazivisa rusununguko rwokuchamhembe kweMali kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzose, richiripa zita rokuti Azawad.