Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te Pakanga o Mali he pakanga patu tonu i tiimata i te Hanuere 2012 i waenga i nga waahanga raki me te tonga o Mali i Awherika. I te 16 o Hanuere 2012, he maha nga roopu tutu i timata ki te whawhai i tetahi pakanga
ki te kāwanatanga o Mali mō te mana motuhake, mō te mana motuhake ake rānei mō te raki o Mali, i karangatia e rātou ko Azawad. Ko te National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), he whakahaere e whawhai ana ki te hanga i tenei rohe o Mali hei whenua motuhake mo te iwi Tuareg, i whakahaere i te rohe i te Paenga-whawha 2012.