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| rdfs:comment | - Tuareg rebels launched a major offensive against Mali's security forces and military in a bid to seize the northern town of Kidal on 6 February 2012. Some loyalist Tuareg fled to the city of Bamako, fearing reprisals after violent demonstrations in the first week of February. The Tuareg rebels had been bolstered by an influx of battle-hardened fighters from Libya. On 8 February, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) seized the Mali-Algeria border town of Tinzaouaten as Malian soldiers crossed into Algeria. Islamist Ansar Dine demanded the imposition of Islamic law in northern Mali, while the secular Tuareg nationalist Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) have stated they want an autonomous, if not completely independent, homeland.
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| Partof | - the Northern Mali conflict (2012–present)
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| Commander | - Amadou Sanogo
- Amadou Toumani Touré
- Amadou Konare
- Sadio Gassama
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| Caption | - Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted during the March 2012 coup d'état
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| Result | - * Renegade soldiers seize presidential palace, state media and other buildings, forcing President Touré into hiding
* Renegade soldiers claim successful coup, declare nationwide curfew and suspend the constitution
* Tuareg insurgency takes control of Northern Mali and declares independent nation of Azawad
*December 2012 ouster of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra and his government
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| combatant | - National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State
- Government of Mali
* 33rd Parachute Regiment
* Presidential Guard
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| abstract | - Tuareg rebels launched a major offensive against Mali's security forces and military in a bid to seize the northern town of Kidal on 6 February 2012. Some loyalist Tuareg fled to the city of Bamako, fearing reprisals after violent demonstrations in the first week of February. The Tuareg rebels had been bolstered by an influx of battle-hardened fighters from Libya. On 8 February, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) seized the Mali-Algeria border town of Tinzaouaten as Malian soldiers crossed into Algeria. Islamist Ansar Dine demanded the imposition of Islamic law in northern Mali, while the secular Tuareg nationalist Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) have stated they want an autonomous, if not completely independent, homeland. The coup attempt followed weeks of protests of the government's handling of a nomad-led rebellion in the country's north, which had dropped Touré's popularity to "a new low". Soldiers demanded more weapons and resources for their campaign against the rebels, and were dissatisfied with a lack of government support for the army, some soldiers having been sent to the front without sufficient food. Touré was to leave office when his term expires after the presidential election in April. Factors that led to the coup:
* Bamako always had difficuty controlling the north of the country, a territory that had been disputed by the MNLA and its precursor groups since the 1960s.
* Mali was going through a security crisis as AQIM members flooded in from Algeria and other neighboring countries.
* Mali was going through a harsh food crisis that led to displaced populations, refugee camps, and starving women and children.
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