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A military coup overthrew the government in March 2012, saying the government had not sufficiently supported Malian army in their fight against a Tuareg rebellion in the north. The entire northern part of Mali fell under control of the rebel Tuareg National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) and later to the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Islam), supposedly allies of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. An integrated multi-dimensional UN Mission for Stabilization in Mali (MINUSMA) intervened to regain control of the north Mali in late 2012 and presidential elections could take place in July 2013.
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