• Mali's interim government has requested forces to help drive out Islamist militant groups that took control of northern Mali earlier this year, after a coup in Bamako. (voanews.com)
  • The international community is trying to persuade at least some Mali rebels to sign an accord in Bamako on Friday following months of U.N.-backed negotiations and numerous ceasefire violations. (naharnet.com)
  • France intervened in its former West African colony on January 11 at the request of the Mali government to halt the Islamists' push southward toward the capital, Bamako. (rferl.org)
  • Johanna Schwartz, director of They Will Have to Kill Us First, a documentary about exiled musicians in Mali, has spoken out on the attack and deaths at a hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako, today. (indexoncensorship.org)
  • The Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture UNTM (SNEC-UNTM), EI's affiliate in Mali, organised a very successful national workshop on combating child labour from 14 to 26 April in Bamako. (ei-ie.org)
  • In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern Mali, in which Tuareg rebels took control of a territory in the north, and in April declared the secession of a new state, Azawad. (wikipedia.org)
  • A caravanner of mixed Tuareg and Arab descent leads his camels in Mali . (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Mali gathered regional heads-of-state, government officials and armed groups on Friday for a largely ceremonial signing of a peace accord expected to go ahead without the main Tuareg-led rebel alliance. (naharnet.com)
  • Dozens of gunmen stormed a northern Mali town, killing one and taking six other people hostage in an attack blamed on Tuareg rebels, officials told AFP Friday. (naharnet.com)
  • On November 14, the Armed Forces of Mali completely liberated the city of Kidal from rebel Tuareg groups, which over the past ten years remained the main stronghold of anti-government forces. (rt.com)
  • On June 18, the interim government of Mali and the Tuareg separatists of the National Movement of Azawad signed a tentative peace deal. (peoplesworld.org)
  • 8 February 2012 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern over the outbreak of fighting between Government forces and Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali, stressing that he was particularly troubled by the large-scale humanitarian consequences of the conflict. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The agency said clashes between the Tuareg liberation movement (MNLA - Mouvement National de Liberation de l'Azawad) and Government forces erupted on 17 January, violating the terms of a 2009 agreement that had officially ended the Tuareg rebellion in Mali. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Coursing through parched, landlocked Mali in Western Africa, the Niger River skirts the edge of the dune-striped Sahara before turning sharply south to join the Bani River. (nasa.gov)
  • French pronunciation: [mali]), officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over 1,241,238 square kilometres (479,245 sq mi). (wikipedia.org)
  • At its peak in 1300, the Mali Empire was the wealthiest country in Africa, covering an area about twice the size of modern-day France and stretched to the west coast of the continent. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa, France seized control of Mali, making it a part of French Sudan. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mali currently produces over 50 tons of gold a year, which makes it the third largest gold producer in Africa. (strategypage.com)
  • The clinical trial in Mali follows two months of work by an international consortium dedicated to advancing the vaccine into human clinical studies in West Africa. (genengnews.com)
  • The conflict in Mali has raised concerns of an Islamist radicalization across West Africa, with Islamists threatening to take revenge for the French intervention. (rferl.org)
  • The empire was founded by Sundiata Keita and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa I. The Mali Empire had many profound cultural influences on West Africa allowing the spread of its language, laws and customs along the Niger River . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been working in partnership with Mali since 1966, when a CDC medical epidemiologist was based in Mali to implement the CDC Smallpox Eradication and Measles Control Program in West Africa. (cdc.gov)
  • ECOWAS has offered to send a force of about 3,000 soldiers to stabilize Mali, rebuild the country's shattered army and help drive the militants from the north. (voanews.com)
  • The conflict in northern Mali is threatening the country's food security. (voanews.com)
  • Mali has been fighting an Islamist insurgency since 2012, with major support from the French military, which became involved in 2013 in response to an increase in violence in the country's north. (rt.com)
  • Although our work in Mali was affected by the country's March 2012 coup d'état, ABA ROLI and Temedt have succeeded in raising the profile of descent-based slavery as a human rights issue in Mali. (americanbar.org)
  • CDC's global health security efforts in Mali help improve the country's ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks before they become epidemics that could affect global populations. (cdc.gov)
  • A team from the U.N. mission to Mali, known as MINUSMA, is assisting the Malian authorities at the request of that country's government, spokeswoman Radhia Achouri said. (cnn.com)
  • The humanitarian situation continues to get worse in the Liptako-Gourma region, which spans the Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso border area. (icrc.org)
  • The evidence can be seen in a rising tide of attacks and the steady radicalization of various ethnic communities not just in the north, but throughout central Mali and even deep into Mali's south and into neighboring Burkina Faso . (rand.org)
  • Wreckage of Air Algerie Flight 5017 was secured by French forces in northern Mali, not far from the border with Burkina Faso, according to French President Francois Hollande. (cnn.com)
  • Most of those uprooted by the violence in the Azawad region of northern Mali since mid-January have fled to Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania. (globalsecurity.org)
  • A study of Malian proverbs noted that in old Mali, there is a village called Malikoma, which means "New Mali", and that Mali could have formerly been the name of a city. (wikipedia.org)
  • A Malian soldier takes cover behind a truck during exchanges of fire with jihadists in Gao, northern Mali, Feb. 10, 2013. (voanews.com)
  • While there was never much to the Malian state, which, like many post-colonial governments, had little time and few resources to grow and expand or even just to maintain the colonial administrations they inherited, Mali had in its favor a strong national identity and a consensus among nearly everyone to make a go of it, together. (rand.org)
  • In Mali, the service is managed and staffed by the Malian Association for the Promotion and Protection of the Family (AMPPF). (oneworld.org)
  • The Music in Exile Fund will be launched at the European premiere of They Will Have To Kill Us First: Malian Music In Exile - a feature-length documentary that follows musicians in Mali in the wake of a jihadist takeover and subsequent banning of music - at the London Film Festival on 13 October. (indexoncensorship.org)
  • The crisis in Mali led to a rapid deterioration in human rights situation, with reports of human rights abuses committed by rebel groups and the Malian army. (americanbar.org)
  • With the end of hostilities in northern Mali, the Malian government is now tasked with crafting transitional justice policies that reflect the needs of victims, facilitate the implementation of the government's pledge to pursue national reconciliation and reestablish respect for the rule of law in the country. (americanbar.org)
  • These include practices of resistance and refinement at the Malian peace negotiations (Paper 1), frictional interactions in the Malian peace process (Paper 2), discursive practices of re-presentation by local elites in Mali (Paper 3) and policy production by the Government of Rwanda (Paper 4). (lu.se)
  • The French succeeded in rolling back the Islamist tide, for a while, and together with the U.N. force in Mali ( MINUSMA ) France has given the Malians a chance to sort themselves out, build and rebuild. (rand.org)
  • But the French in Mali and MINUSMA are too few and too weak to do much more than slow Mali's downward spiral. (rand.org)
  • The military authorities also gave the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) until December 31 to withdraw its 15,000 peacekeepers. (rt.com)
  • DAKAR (Reuters) - Mali has no more confirmed cases of Ebola after the last patient known to be suffering from the virus was cured, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on Saturday. (yahoo.com)
  • Friday's resolution condemns what it calls the 'increasing entrenchment by terrorist elements' in northern Mali and well as the humanitarian situation there. (voanews.com)
  • In a letter sent to the Security Council, seen by AFP this week, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced his concerns about the safety of civilians in Mali, the protection of human rights and the delivery of humanitarian aid given the withdrawal of peacekeepers. (zawya.com)
  • Along with training, WHO's interventions include a series of information and awareness-raising days for humanitarian actors and community leaders in various regions across Mali, with the aim of strengthening stakeholders' knowledge. (who.int)
  • January 12, 2016: Mali officials believe AQIM affiliate al Mourabitoun was mainly responsible for the November hotel attack. (strategypage.com)
  • January 5, 2016: Germany has agreed to send over 600 combat troops to Mali to serve as peacekeepers in the north (near Gao). (strategypage.com)
  • The MOH launched the Mali FETP in 2016 with the roll-out of a frontline-level training, a three-month program focused on local MOH staff. (cdc.gov)
  • Since then, Mali threatened to force the 15,000 UN peacekeepers out of the country unless the UN agreed to give the Mali military government control over what the peacekeepers can do. (strategypage.com)
  • The government is particularly angry at the way the peacekeepers report on atrocities committed by Mali security forces as well as the Russian Wagner Group military contractors. (strategypage.com)
  • Mali wanted to keep the 13,500 UN peacekeepers that maintains government control over the rebellious north. (strategypage.com)
  • UN experts have painted a grim picture of the situation in Mali, alleging that sexual violence and other rights abuses are being used to spread terror, as the retreat of UN peacekeepers has raised fears of intensified civilian suffering. (zawya.com)
  • Shortly thereafter, following Senegal's withdrawal from the federation, the Sudanese Republic declared itself the independent Republic of Mali. (wikipedia.org)
  • The evacuation of the stabilization mission, however, has exacerbated tensions in northern Mali since August, with state security forces, rebels, and jihadists competing for control. (rt.com)
  • French troops have reportedly engaged in street battles against Islamist rebels in the town of Diabaly in central Mali. (rferl.org)
  • One Mandinka tradition tells that the legendary first emperor Sundiata Keita changed himself into a hippopotamus upon his death in the Sankarani River and that it's possible to find villages in the area of this river, termed "old Mali", which have Mali for a name. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Keita dynasty from which nearly every Mali emperor came traces its lineage back to Bilal, the faithful muezzin of Islam's prophet Muhammad . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • While the lineage of the Keita dynasty may be dubious at best, oral chroniclers have preserved a list of each Keita ruler from Lawalo (supposedly one of Bilal's seven sons who settled in Mali) to Maghan Kon Fatta (father of Sundiata Keita). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • At this moment, there are no cases of infection (in Mali),' Keita told a summit of francophone nations in Senegal. (yahoo.com)
  • Fatou Keita, the representative of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)/IPEC in Mali, highlighted the fact that about three million children under the age of 17 in Mali work. (ei-ie.org)
  • The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution clearing the way for the deployment of foreign troops to the troubled nation of Mali. (voanews.com)
  • Gold is also used to pay the Russian Wagner Group mercenaries that were hired by the Mali military government in 2021 to train Mali troops, especially in the use of weapons purchased from Russia. (strategypage.com)
  • France has some 800 troops on the ground in Mali but their number is expected to rise to 2,500. (rferl.org)
  • On February 28, Germany's Bundestag members of most political parties voted to send German troops to Mali. (peoplesworld.org)
  • In 2022, the World Food Programme in Mali provided food and nutritional assistance to more than 1.6 million food-insecure people. (wfp.org)
  • Another theory suggests that Mali is a Fulani pronunciation of the name of the Mande peoples. (wikipedia.org)
  • There are over two million Fulani in Mali and FLM became active in early 2015 and has claimed responsibility for several attacks since. (strategypage.com)
  • The Mali Empire or Manding Empire or Manden Kurufa was a medieval West African state of the Mandinka from c. 1235 to c. 1600. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Manden, named for its inhabitants the Mandinka (initially Manden'ka with "ka" meaning "people of"), comprised most of present-day northern Guinea and southern Mali . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • In Pulaar, the Mandinka of Manden became the Malinke of Mali. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • While the Mandinka people generally referred to their land and capital province as Manden, its semi-nomadic Fula subjects residing on the heartland's western (Tekrur), southern (Fouta Djallon) and eastern borders (Macina) popularized the name Mali for this kingdom and later empire of the Middle Ages. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Mandinka kingdoms of Mali or Manden had already existed several centuries before Sundiata's unification as a small state just to the south of the Soninké empire of Wagadou, better known as the Ghana Empire . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A clinical trial to evaluate an experimental Ebola vaccine has been launched in Mali by the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), the Center for Vaccine Development of Mali (CVD-Mali) and Mali's Ministry of Health. (genengnews.com)
  • CVD-Mali is a joint initiative between UM-SOM and Mali's Ministry of Health. (genengnews.com)
  • France has led the call for action on Mali in the Security Council and was a sponsor of the resolution. (voanews.com)
  • The U.N. Security Council on Friday demanded an immediate halt to an upsurge in fighting in Mali and threatened to impose sanctions against those responsible for the violence. (naharnet.com)
  • Violence against women and girls and conflict-related sexual violence remains prevalent in Mali,' the experts, named by the UN Security Council to monitor the application of sanctions, said in a report released Friday. (zawya.com)
  • This study is based on the most recent data from the Demographic Health Surveys conducted in Mali and Benin in 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • Gao is the largest city in northern Mali and a major bridge between north and south because of its location on the Niger River, the roads that connect it to the capital and its airport, which today serves the Malians along with the French and the U.N. as the principal operating base and regional hub. (rand.org)
  • Although most Malians are Moslem, few want anything to do with Islamic terrorism and Boko Haram is seen as a major mistake and not welcome at all in Mali. (strategypage.com)
  • Factors Associated With Home Births in Benin and Mali: Evidence From the Recent Demographic and Health Surveys. (bvsalud.org)
  • This study aimed to perform a comparative analysis of the factors associated with homebirths in Benin and Mali . (bvsalud.org)
  • The sovereign state of Mali consists of nineteen regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert. (wikipedia.org)
  • In regions of northern Mali, the parched ground is punctuated with smoking, glowing holes that reach 750C at their rims. (sciencenews.org)
  • Seasonal floods on the Niger River reached unusual heights in Mali this year. (nasa.gov)
  • Using bases in southern Libya Al Mourabitoun carries out operations in Mali and Niger. (strategypage.com)
  • It was also revealed that one of the two known attackers who were killed inside the hotel carried a piece of paper with the names of two al Mourabitoun men who are in prison (one in Mali and one in Niger). (strategypage.com)
  • Increasingly, however, it is a symbol of a Mali that does not work. (rand.org)
  • French Sudan (then known as the Sudanese Republic) joined with Senegal in 1959, achieving independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Besides being an economic powerhouse, medieval Mali was a centre of Islam, culture and knowledge, with Timbuktu becoming a renowned place of learning with its university, one of the oldest in the world still active. (wikipedia.org)
  • Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali ," Journal of African Economies , Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), vol. 26(4), pages 443-469. (repec.org)
  • Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali ," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 16009, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne. (repec.org)
  • Just when Qualcomm thought it had the Best SoC of 2012 award in the bag, Samsung has unveiled the world's first Cortex-A15 and Mali-T604 SoC: The Exynos 5 Dual. (extremetech.com)
  • None of the cases have occurred in Mali, but that nation is considered at high risk of having cases because it borders on Guinea, where the outbreak began late last year. (genengnews.com)
  • Mali has registered eight cases of Ebola - seven of them confirmed and one probable - after the virus spread from neighboring Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week. (yahoo.com)
  • Soldiers exchanged fire with fighters from the main rebel alliance in Mali on Tuesday, military sources and a local official told AFP. (naharnet.com)
  • This article examines the influence of malaria on human capital accumulation in the village of Diankabou in Mali. (repec.org)
  • Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali ," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-01278041, HAL. (repec.org)
  • Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali ," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01493387, HAL. (repec.org)
  • Malaria and primary education in Mali: A longitudinal study in the village of Donéguébougou ," Social Science & Medicine , Elsevier, vol. 71(2), pages 324-334, July. (repec.org)
  • Malaria and primary education in Mali: A longitudinal study in the village of Donéguébougou ," Post-Print halshs-00506555, HAL. (repec.org)
  • Under the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, CDC has assigned a resident advisor to the malaria-endemic country of Mali to support the implementation of malaria prevention and control interventions. (cdc.gov)
  • Mali is a major producer of gold and the Russians will take payment in gold. (strategypage.com)
  • This fact sheet outlines WFP's main achievements in Mali in support of vulnerable food-insecure communities, including internally displaced persons, school children, and pregnant and breastfeeding women. (wfp.org)
  • Many of the problems caused by the conflict in our country can be seen right here," says Amadou Maiga, director of the ICRC-supported Gao regional hospital, the main medical facility in northern Mali. (icrc.org)
  • In addition, the outbreak of conflict in northern Mali in 2012, which forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, has complicated access to health services for many people and left youth all the more susceptible to violations of their sexual and reproductive rights. (oneworld.org)
  • Mali FETP trainees and graduates have been actively participating in outbreak investigations and responses for Rift Valley Fever, measles, meningitis, polio, yellow fever, and rabies. (cdc.gov)
  • The geologists, from the University of Oslo and the Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research group in Oslo, carried out their study at the invitation of Mali officials, who worried that a recent intensification of the phenomenon could presage a volcanic eruption. (sciencenews.org)
  • There are about a thousand Wagner personnel in Mali and the Mali military government has no problem paying the mercenaries or for weapons purchased from Russia. (strategypage.com)
  • His campaign manager, Lassana Traore, says General ATT is deeply worried about the pressing problems facing Mali - poverty, lack of education and health care. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Growing poverty in Mali has caused more men to join this effort. (strategypage.com)
  • Now, with the crisis in Mali worsening and needs of the people increasing, the hospital is once again being put to the test. (icrc.org)
  • Many people in Mali could not understand why the ATT they thought they knew, who had refused the title "president" when he was head of state, would 10 years later want to enter the murky world of politics. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The Mali military government is running out of people to blame for the mess they got themselves into. (strategypage.com)
  • Launched in 2013, Learning about Living Mali, locally known as Info Ado: Apprendre a Vivre Mali, harnesses the potential of new media to create innovative, dynamic tools that empower young people to speak out and demand their sexual and reproductive health and rights. (oneworld.org)
  • Due to social and religious norms, prejudices and poor access to information, young people in Mali are largely unaware of fundamental issues related to the their sexual and reproductive health (SRH), gender, and human rights. (oneworld.org)
  • Read about the people, history, government, economy and geography of Mali at the CIA's World FactBook . (traveldocs.com)
  • The military government in Mali hoped that hiring Russian Wagner Group mercenaries would enable Mali to maintain control of northern and central Mali. (strategypage.com)
  • The problems began when the military government ordered the independent French Barkhane counter-terrorism force out of Mali by the end of 2021. (strategypage.com)
  • The Mali peacekeeping operation costs about half a billion dollars a month and that is about the only foreign aid Mali gets now that the military government is in control. (strategypage.com)
  • The suspected case turned out to be negative and the day before yesterday we had the good news of the first cured case of Ebola so I can now say zero cases in Mali,' he said. (yahoo.com)
  • Islamists have tried to stop music being played in Mali over the past few years, after they took control of parts of the country and declared it against sharia law. (indexoncensorship.org)
  • The situation in the West African country of Mali continues to get more difficult and complex. (peoplesworld.org)
  • Mali, with support from WHO and other partners, is working hard to accelerate efforts to introduce laws to specifically address gender-based violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, the prevalence of which is compounded by armed clashes and heightened military operations in the country. (who.int)
  • After a long period of one-party rule, a coup in 1991 led to the writing of a new constitution and the establishment of Mali as a democratic, multi-party state. (wikipedia.org)
  • We call in the clearest terms for the signing of this text, in the interest of peace in Mali and the region," French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said during a press conference with his counterpart Ramtane Lamamra in Algiers. (naharnet.com)
  • The French Army unloads vehicles from a cargo plane in N'djamena, Mali, on January 14. (rferl.org)
  • In comments to French media on January 16, French President Francois Hollande said one of the goals of the Mali intervention was to deter such hostage-takings. (rferl.org)
  • This is done through a study of how global gender equality norms embedded in the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda are promoted in two war to peace transitions: Mali and Rwanda. (lu.se)
  • Girls in Mali are particularly vulnerable, due to high rates of sexual violence and widespread traditional sociocultural practices such as early and forced marriage and female genital cutting. (oneworld.org)
  • Mali was also one of the wealthiest countries on earth, and its emperor at its zenith, Mansa Musa, is believed to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history. (wikipedia.org)
  • [2] The Mali Empire was a sophisticated polity, with well organized military and administrative systems and a Great Assembly of clan leaders and delegates to advise the Emperor in its governance. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • In the early 2020s, Mali experienced two military takeovers by Assimi Goïta. (wikipedia.org)
  • Present-day Mali was once part of three extremely powerful and wealthy West African empires that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire (for which Ghana is named), the Mali Empire (for which Mali is named), and the Songhai Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • The name Mali is taken from the name of the Mali Empire. (wikipedia.org)
  • 14th-century Maghrebi traveller Ibn Battuta reported that the capital of the Mali Empire was called Mali. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indeed, the Mali Empire combined traditional African and Islamic culture in what has been called a "remarkable synthesis. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The Mali Empire can be regarded as a constitutional monarchy from before this political system had developed in the European space. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The naming origins of the Mali Empire are complex and still debated in scholarly circles around the world. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • WHO also supervises its implementing partners on the ground, ensuring they sign "codes of good conduct" in order to guarantee the Organization's credibility, says Dr Christian Itama Mayikuli, WHO representative in Mali. (who.int)
  • In view of the above, it was decided that the EI/ILO-IPEC programme on child labour would support the EI affiliates in Mali, with a view to organising a national workshop on child labour. (ei-ie.org)
  • In less than a year, Islamic State in the Greater Sahara has almost doubled its areas of control in Mali,' the report says. (zawya.com)
  • I just got off the phone with our local producer in Mali, he is calling Disco [musician Fadimata Walet Oumar] now to see where she is. (indexoncensorship.org)