found: Work cat.: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Foreign Affairs. Subcomm. on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. The Tuareg Revolt and Mali coup, 2012:p. 1 (Tuareg rebellion in the north) p. 5 (A military coup d'etat on Mar. 21 broke Mali's 20-year tradition of democracy. In the aftermath, Tuareg groups that were leading a rebellion in the North of the country since Jan., used the political crisis to effectively partition the country in two.) p. 6 (We believe the Tuareg rebellion is largely a political problem that requires addressing the legitimate and longstanding grievances of the Tuareg groups in Northern Mali.)
found: U.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Foreign Affairs. The crisis in Mali, 2013:p. 7 (The Tuareg rebellion that started in northern Mali in Jan. 2012 is part of a longstanding cycle of rebellion and failed attempts to address these grievances.)
found: CIA world factbook, May 17, 2013:Mali (Malian returnees from Libya in 2011 exacerbated tensions in northern Mali, and Tuareg ethnic militias started a rebellion in Jan. 2012.)
found: Wikipedia, May 17, 2013:Tuareg rebellion (2012) (Date: 16 Jan. 2012--6 Apr. 2012. The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 was an early stage of the 2012 northern Mali conflict; from Jan. to Apr. 2012, a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining independence for the northern region of Mali, known as Azawad. It was led by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and was part of a series of insurgencies by traditionally nomadic Tuaregs which date back at least to 1916. On 14 Feb. 2013 the MNLA renounced their claim of independence for Azawad and asked the Malian government to start negotiations on its future status.)
found: Google, May 17, 2013(hit counts, qualified by Mali, Malian and 2012: revolution: 15,400,000; rebellion: 2,470,000; revolt: 1,810,000; hit counts, qualified by Tuareg and 2012: revolution: 15,800,000; rebellion: 417,000; revolt: 311,000)
found: New York times online, May 17, 2013(hit counts, qualified by Mali, Malian and 2012: revolution: 1,520; rebellion: 156; revolt: 116; hit counts, qualified by Tuareg and 2012: rebellion: 61; revolution: 37; revolt: 20)
found: CIA world factbook online, July 9, 2013:Mali (Malian returnees from Libya in 2011 exacerbated tensions in northern Mali, and Tuareg ethnic militias started a rebellion in January 2012. Low- and mid-level soldiers, frustrated with the poor handling of the rebellion overthrew Toure on 22 March. Intensive mediation efforts returned power to a civilian administration under interim President Dioncounda Traore. The post-coup chaos led to rebels expelling the Malian military from the three northern regions of the country. Hundreds of thousands of northern Malians fled the violence to southern Mali and neighboring countries. A military intervention to retake the three northern regions began in January 2013 and within a month most of the north had been retaken. Democratic elections are scheduled for mid-2013.)
