The War in Mali in the Shadow of the Palais de l'Élysée.

The article discusses the 2013 French intervention in Mali to combat Tuareg separatists and Islamic fundamentalists, known as Operation Serval. It comments on the Islamic fundamentalists and extremists affiliated with the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali. The author reflects on military expeditions to Mali led by Mauritania beginning in 2010. Other topics include Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré, the presidential elections scheduled for 2012, and the involvement of China in Mali.