Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: 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 Hānuere 2012, he maha ngā rōpū whakakeke i tīmata
he pakanga whawhai ki te kāwanatanga o Mali mō te motuhake, mō te mana motuhake ake rānei mō te raki o Mali, i huaina 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.