I te tīmatanga o te tau 2012, i riro i nga toa Tuareg o te National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) te mana o etahi taone nui i te raki o Mali. Nā ēnei hua i puta ai te hurihanga i Mali
mā te whakakeke i ngā hōia, e tuku ana i te MNLA ki te tango i ngā pūmatua ā rohe o Kidal, Gao, me Timbuktu. E whakaahua ana a "TIME" i a Kel Adagh hei "te rōpū Tuareg e tino piri ana ki te tutu".