Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - He tutu Tuareg
i te tīmatanga o te tau 2012 i akiaki ai i nga ope taua o Mali, he whenua o Awherika ki te Hauauru me nga taonga nui i te Sahara, ki te neke ki te tonga o te raina i kiia e te National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) hei rohe ki te hauauru o te whenua Tuareg i te Paenga-whawha. I kaha ake te pakanga na te mahi a te ope taua i akiaki i te Perehitini Amadou Toumani Toure ki te mana me te whakauru poto i tetahi kawanatanga i Bamako, te taone nui. Na te kaha o nga ope a te kawanatanga ki Mopti me te tonga na te MNLA me etahi atu roopu patu, tae atu ki a Ansar Dine me te Movement for Oneness and Jihad i Awherika ki te Hauauru, ko te Hekeretari o te MNLA, a Bilal Ag Acherif, i kii ko Azawad he kawanatanga motuhake i te 6 o Aperira 2012.