EUCAP Sahel Mali is a European Union civilian crisis management Mission in Mali, with its Headquarters in the capital Bamako and a Mobile Unit in central Mali, Mopti-Sévaré. The non-executive Mission was launched on 15 January 2015, following an official invitation by the Malian government, to assist the internal security forces in reasserting the State authority across the country vis- à vis the various factions who challenged it following the 'Northern Mali Crisis' in 2012.