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Vapanduki vechiTuareg muna 2012, varwi vechiIslam vakarwisa uye vakasvibisa guva raSidi Mahmoud Ben Amar. Muna April 2012, varwi veAnsar Dine vakanga vatora Timbuktu uye vanonzi vakanga vachiedza kuisa mutemo we"Sharia". UNESCO yakanga yaratidza kunetseka pamusoro pekuchengeteka kwenzvimbo iyi nedzimwe dziri muguta racho. Musi wa 30 Chikumi, zvakataurwa nemutori wenhau wemuno kuti Ansar Dine akange aparadza zvachose mausoleum, pamwe chete nemamwe maviri, uye pakupedzisira vaizoparadza mamwe makuva gumi nematatu nemakuva.