Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2012, maTuareg nevamwe vanhu kuchamhembe kweMali mudunhu reAzawad vakatanga kupandukira kuchamhembe pasi pemureza weNational Movement for the Liberation of Azawad. Mauto eMalian akanyunyuta kuti aive akashongedzerwa zvisizvo kurwisa vapanduki, avo vakabatsirwa nekuyerera kwezvombo zvinorema kubva kuhondo yevagari vemuLibya ya2011 pamwe nemamwe manyuko. Musi wa 21 March 2012 mauto akaita coup d'état
uye vakaumba "National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State". Sarudzo dzakarongwa dzakazobvunzwa mushure mekunge vatungamiri vekubvuta vamisa bumbiro remitemo nekusunga makurukota ehurumende, vachivimbisa kuti, pane imwe nguva mune ramangwana, sarudzo dzichaitwa kudzorera hutongi kudzora kwevanhu. Zvichitevera kudengenyeka, vapanduki vakaita kumwe kufambira mberi kuti vatore maguta makuru matatu ari kuchamhembe. Musi wa1 Kubvumbi 2012, pasi pekumanikidzwa neEconomic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), mutungamiri wehondo Captain Amadou Sanogo akazivisa kuti bumbiro remutemo raizodzorerwa.