Portal:Mali

The Mali Portal Mali (/ˈmɑːli/ (listen); French pronunciation: ​[mali]), officially the Republic of Mali (French: République du Mali; Bambara: ߡߊߟߌ ߞߊ ߝߊߛߏߖߊߡߊߣߊ, romanized: Mali ka Fasojamana, Fula: 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, romanized: Renndaandi Maali), is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is the eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,240,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi). The population of Mali is 19.1 million. 67% of its population was estimated to be under the age of 25 in 2017. Its capital is Bamako. The sovereign state of Mali consists of eight regions and its borders on the north reach deep into the middle of the Sahara Desert. The country's southern part is in the Sudanian savanna, where the majority of inhabitants live, and both the Niger and Senegal rivers pass through. The country's economy centres on agriculture and mining. One of Mali's most prominent natural resources is gold, and the country is the third largest producer of gold on the African continent. It also exports salt. Present-day Mali was once part of three 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. At its peak in 1300, the Mali Empire covered an area about twice the size of modern-day France and stretched to the west coast of Africa. In the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa, France seized control of Mali, making it a part of French Sudan. French Sudan (then known as the Sudanese Republic) joined with Senegal in 1959, achieving independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. Shortly thereafter, following Senegal's withdrawal from the federation, the Sudanese Republic declared itself the independent Republic of Mali. 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. 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. The conflict was complicated by a military coup that took place in March and later fighting between Tuareg and other rebel factions. In response to territorial gains, the French military launched Opération Serval in January 2013. A month later, Malian and French forces recaptured most of the north. Presidential elections were held on 28 July 2013, with a second-round run-off held on 11 August, and legislative elections were held on 24 November and 15 December 2013. A coup d’etat is currently taking place in Mali. On 18 August 2020, the nation's president and prime minister were arrested by the military following a mutiny spurred by protests over continuing economic woes and a worsening national security situation, and the following day both resigned. (Full article...) Selected article - The Rally for Mali (French Rassemblement pour le Mali) is a Malian political party created by Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (a former president of Mali) in June 2001. In 2013, Keita was elected President of Mali following several unsuccessful attempts, and the party took first place in parliamentary elections, winning 66 seats, although not enough for a majority. In October 2000, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, the former prime minister of Mali, resigned from incumbent President Alpha Oumar Konaré's party, the Alliance for Democracy in Mali-African Party for Solidarity and Justice (ADEMA-PASJ), over which he had presided since 1994. With activists and executives in tow, Keïta created the movement Alternative 2002 in February 2001 to back his bid for president. The Rally for Mali followed in June. (Full article...) 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A farmer with potatoes The pages above are from Timbuktu Manuscripts written in Sudani script (a form of Arabic) from the Mali Empire showing established knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. Today there are close to a million of these manuscripts found in Timbuktu alone. Kalabougou potters Malian children playing football in a Dogon village Members of the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, directory of the ruling junta in Mali Bògòlanfini fabric. Village in the Sahel region Jollof rice with vegetables and a boiled egg A market scene in Djenné Mali map of Köppen climate classification Location of Mali Landscape in Hombori Former President of Mali Amadou Toumani Touré and Minister-president of the Netherlands Mark Rutte Mango packaging Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali, January 2012 Malian children playing football Ex-Malian Transition President Dioncounda Traoré Malian tea A Bozo girl in Bamako Griots of Sambala, king of Médina (Fula people, Mali), 1890 Satellite image of Mali An entrance to the Djinguereber mosque Pashalik of Timbuktu (yellow-striped) as part of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco, c. 1591 Mali Dogon Dance The Tuareg are historic, nomadic inhabitants of northern Mali. Cotton processing at CMDT A crowd of women in Mali. The extent of the Mali Empire's peak WWI Commemorative Monument to the "Armée Noire" Malian musical duo Amadou et Mariam are known internationally for their music, combining Malian and international influences. Location of Mali (green) Malian tea A textile artisan at work in Djenne, Mali. A Dogon hunter with an old flintlock rifle still in use. 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