MALI 2012 In January 2013, Mali has been struggling for over a year with a situation close to a state of civil war. The North of the country, under the rules of the Islamists groups Aqmi (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) and Ansar Dine, has become a geopolitical issue giving a new dimension to the conflict and the country. Hence, France deciding to intervene and send its soldiers for the “Operation Serval” in order to help Bamako re-conquer the Northern part of the country.