Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa22 Kurume 2012, Mutungamiri Amadou Toumani Touré akabviswa pachigaro mu
kudengenyeka kwenyika pamusoro pokubata kwake dambudziko racho, mwedzi mumwe sarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika isati yafanira kuitika. Varwi vanopandukira, vachizviti National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR), vakatora masimba ndokumisa bumbiro remitemo 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.