Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'abalị iri abụọ na abụọ nke ọnwa Machị afọ 2012, a chụpụrụ onyeisiala Amadou Toumani Touré n'ọchịchị.
a coup d'état n'ihi etu o si dozie nsogbu ahụ, otu ọnwa tupu ntuliaka onyeisiala ga-ewere ọnọdụ. Ndị agha nnupụisi, kpọrọ onwe ha National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR), weghaara ọchịchị ma kwụsịtụrụ iwu Mali. N'ihi ọgba aghara nke sochiri ngagharịiwe ahụ, ndị agha nnupụisi weghaara obodo atọ kachasị ukwuu na ugwu Mali - Kidal, Gao na Timbuktu - ụbọchị atọ n'usoro. N'abalị ise n'ọnwa Eprel n'afọ 2012, mgbe ha nwetasịrị Douentza, ndị MNLA kwuru na ha emezuola ebumnuche ha ma kwụsị ọgụ ha. N'ụbọchị na-eso ya, ọ kwupụtara nnwere onwe nke ugwu Mali site na mba ndị ọzọ, na-akpọgharị ya Azawad.