Mali, the Glossary
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368 relations: Adama Dieng, Adansonia digitata, Adrar des Ifoghas, African empires, African popular music, African Union, Aga Khan Foundation, Agnosticism, Al-Bakri, Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, Algeria–Mali border, Ali Farka Touré, Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Mali), Almoravid dynasty, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Amadou Sanogo, Amadou Toumani Touré, Angola, Ansar Dine, Ansongo, Arabic, Arma people, Arthropod, AS Real Bamako, Assimi Goïta, Association football, Atheism, Azawad, Azawagh, Azawagh Arabs, Bah Ndaw, Bamako, Bambara language, Bambara people, Banditry, Bassekou Kouyate, Battle of Kirina, BBC News, Beach volleyball, Berbers, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Birth rate, Bobo language, Bobo people, Boubou (clothing), Boubou Cissé, Bozo language, ... Expand index (318 more) »
- Countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
- Least developed countries
- Saharan countries
- West African countries
Adama Dieng
Adama Dieng (born 22 May 1950, Senegal) is a former UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide succeeded by Alice Wairimu Nderitu of Kenya.
Adansonia digitata
Adansonia digitata, the African baobab, is the most widespread tree species of the genus Adansonia, the baobabs, and is native to the African continent and the southern Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Oman).
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Adrar des Ifoghas
The Adrar des Ifoghas (also Adrar des Iforas; Tamasheq: ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵉⴼⵓⵖⴰⵙ in Tifinagh; Adrar n Ifoghas; أدرار إيفوغاس Ifoghas' Mountains) is a massif located in the Kidal Region of Mali, reaching into Algeria.
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African empires
African empires is an umbrella term used in African studies to refer to a number of pre-colonial African kingdoms in Africa with multinational structures incorporating various populations and polities into a single entity, usually through conquest.
African popular music
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop), like African traditional music, is vast and varied.
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African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.
Aga Khan Foundation
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is a private, not-for-profit international development agency, which was founded in 1967 by Shah Karim Al Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, the 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
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Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.
Al-Bakri
Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb ibn ʿAmr al-Bakrī (أبو عبيد عبد الله بن عبد العزيز بن محمد بن أيوب بن عمرو البكري), or simply al-Bakrī (c. 1040–1094) was an Arab Andalusian historian and a geographer of the Muslim West.
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is a pan-Islamist militant organization led by Sunni Jihadists who self-identify as a vanguard spearheading a global Islamist revolution to unite the Muslim world under a supra-national Islamic caliphate.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (Tanẓīm al-Qā'idah fī Bilād al-Maghrib al-Islāmī), or AQIM, is an Islamist militant organization (of al-Qaeda) that aims to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state.
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Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Mali and Algeria are countries and territories where Arabic is an official language, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics and Saharan countries.
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Algeria–Mali border
The Algeria–Mali border is 1,359 km (844 m) long from the tripoint with Mauritania in the northwest to the tripoint with Niger in the southeast.
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Ali Farka Touré
Ali Ibrahim "Ali Farka" Touré (31 October 1939 – 6 March 2006) was a Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent's most internationally renowned musicians.
Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Mali)
The Alliance for Democracy and Progress (Alliance pour la démocratie et le progrès) was an alliance of political parties in Mali, that supported president Amadou Toumani Touré.
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Almoravid dynasty
The Almoravid dynasty (lit) was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco.
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Alpha Oumar Konaré
Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 2 February 1946) is a Malian politician, professor, historian and archaeologist, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
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Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Amadou Hampâté Bâ (Ahmadu Hampaate Baa, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian and ethnologist.
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Amadou Sanogo
Amadou Haya Sanogo (born 1972 or 1973) is a Malian military officer who was leader of the 2012 Malian coup d'état against President Amadou Toumani Touré.
Amadou Toumani Touré
Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician.
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. Mali and Angola are least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the United Nations and republics.
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Ansar Dine
Ansar Dine (أنصار الدين ʾAnṣār ad-Dīn, also transliterated Ançar Deen), meaning "helpers of the religion" (Islam) and also known as Ansar al-Din (abbreviated as AAD), was a Salafi jihadist group led by Iyad Ag Ghaly.
Ansongo
Ansongo is a rural commune and small town in the Gao Region of eastern Mali.
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Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
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Arma people
The Arma people are an ethnic group of the middle Niger River valley, descended from Moroccan invaders of the 16th century.
Arthropod
Arthropods are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.
AS Real Bamako
Association Sportive du Real Bamako, commonly referred to as Real Bamako is a Malian professional football club based in Bamako.
Assimi Goïta
Colonel Assimi Goïta (born 1983) is a Malian military officer who has been interim President of Mali since 28 May 2021.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
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Azawad
Azawad, or Azawagh (Tuareg: Azawaɣ, or Azawad; أزواد), was a short-lived unrecognised state lasting between 2012 and 2013.
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Azawagh
The Azawagh (alias Azaouagh or Azawak) is a dry basin covering what is today the northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.
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Azawagh Arabs
The Azawagh Arabs (عرب أزواغ) (also known as nomadic Moors) are nomadic ethnic Arab-ancestry tribes who are settling mainly in the area of Azawagh which is a dry basin covering what is today northwestern Niger, as well as parts of northeastern Mali and southern Algeria.
Bah Ndaw
Bah Ndaw (also spelled N'Daw, N'Dah, and N'Daou; born 23 August 1950) is a Malian retired military officer and politician who served as the president of Mali between 25 September 2020 and 24 May 2021 when he was overthrown during the 2021 Malian coup d'état.
Bamako
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569.
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Bambara language
Bambara, also known as Bamana (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲) or Bamanankan (N'Ko script: ߓߡߊߣߊ߲ߞߊ߲; Arabic script: بَمَنَنكَن), is a lingua franca and national language of Mali spoken by perhaps 14 million people, natively by 4.2 million Bambara people and about 10 million second-language users.
Bambara people
The Bambara (Bamana or ߓߊ߲ߡߊߣߊ߲ Banmana) are a Mandé ethnic group native to much of West Africa, primarily southern Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Burkina Faso and Senegal.
Banditry
Banditry is a type of organized crime committed by outlaws typically involving the threat or use of violence.
Bassekou Kouyate
Bassekou Kouyate (born 1966) is a musician from Mali.
Battle of Kirina
The Battle of Kirina, also known as the Battle of Krina or siege of Karina (1235), was a confrontation between Sosso king Sumanguru Kanté and Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players each on a sand court divided by a net.
Berbers
Berbers, or the Berber peoples, also called by their endonym Amazigh or Imazighen, are a diverse grouping of distinct ethnic groups indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migrations to the Maghreb.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
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Birth rate
Birth rate, also known as natality, is the total number of live human births per 1,000 population for a given period divided by the length of the period in years.
Bobo language
The Bobo language is a Mande language of Burkina Faso and Mali; the western city of Bobo Dioulasso is named partly for the Bobo people.
Bobo people
The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali.
Boubou (clothing)
The boubou or grand boubou is a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn across West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa, related to the dashiki suit.
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Boubou Cissé
Boubou Cissé (born 1974) is a Malian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mali from April 2019 to his resignation following the 2020 Malian coup d'état in August 2020.
Bozo language
Bozo (meaning house of straw) is a Mande language spoken by the Bozo people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali and Burkina Faso are former French colonies, landlocked countries, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Burkina Faso–Mali border
The Burkina Faso–Mali border is 1,325 km (823 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Ivory Coast in the west to the tripoint with Niger in the east.
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Bwa people
The Bwa is an African society that is native to Burkina Faso.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Catholic Church in Mali
The Catholic Church in Mali is part of the worldwide Catholic Church (particularly the Latin Church), under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Mali and Côte d'Ivoire are member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Central Bank of West African States
The Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, BCEAO) is a central bank serving the eight west African countries which share the common West African CFA franc currency and comprise the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), otherwise known as the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, works to prevent and resolve armed conflicts around the world through mediation and discreet diplomacy.
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Cercles of Mali
A cercle is the second-level administrative unit in Mali.
CFA franc
The CFA franc (franc CFA), or Franc of the Financial Community of Africa (originally the Franc of the French Colonies in Africa,; colloquially franc; abbreviation: F.CFA), is the name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries.
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. Mali and Chad are countries and territories where Arabic is an official language, landlocked countries, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, Saharan countries and states and territories established in 1960.
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Choguel Kokalla Maïga
Choguel Kokalla Maïga (born 1958) is a Malian politician and President of the Patriotic Movement for Renewal, a political party in Mali, and current Prime Minister of the Transition.
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Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Civil control of the military
Civil control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the state's civil authority, rather than completely with professional military leadership itself.
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Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
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Communes of Mali
A commune is the third-level administrative unit in Mali.
Compagnie malienne pour le développement du textile
The Compagnie malienne pour le développement des textiles (CMDT), created in 1974, is a Malian cotton company.
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Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
Dan Na Ambassagou
Dan Na Ambassagou (“hunters who trust in God,” in Dogon language) is an ethnic Dogon militia in Mali.
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
Demographics of Mali
Demographic features of the population of Mali include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation.
Desertification
Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities.
Dia, Mali
Dia (Jà) is a small town and seat of the commune of Diaka in the Cercle of Ténenkou in the Mopti Region of southern-central Mali.
Dioncounda Traoré
Dioncounda Traoré (born 23 February 1942) is a Malian politician who was President of Mali in an interim capacity from April 2012 to September 2013.
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Diplomatic recognition
Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral declarative political act of a state that acknowledges an act or status of another state or government in control of a state (may be also a recognized state).
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Djenné
Djenné (Jɛ̀nɛ́; also known as Djénné, Jenné, and Jenne) is a Songhai town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali.
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Djenné-Djenno
Djenné-Djenno (also Jenne-Jeno) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Niger River Valley in the country of Mali.
Djibril Tamsir Niane
Djibril Tamsir Niane (9 January 1932 – 8 March 2021) was a Guinean historian, playwright, and short story writer.
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Djoliba AC
Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien.
Dogon languages
The Dogon languages are a small closely related language family that is spoken by the Dogon people of Mali and may belong to the proposed Niger–Congo family.
Dogon people
The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso.
Drinking water
Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation.
Droughts in the Sahel
The Sahel region of Africa has long experienced a series of historic droughts, dating back to at least the 17th century.
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ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa.
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Escarpment Dogon
Escarpment Dogon is a continuum of Dogon dialects of the Bandiagara Escarpment, including the standard language.
Eurobasket.com
Eurobasket.com, also commonly referred to as "Eurobasket News", is a basketball-centered website that provides coverage of every professional and semi-professional club basketball league from around the world, as well as many amateur level leagues.
European exploration of Africa
The geography of North Africa has been reasonably well known among Europeans since classical antiquity in Greco-Roman geography.
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Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.
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Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara (Fatumta Jawara, born 1982) is a Malian singer-songwriter currently living in France.
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Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (English: International Volleyball Federation), commonly known by the acronym FIVB, is the international governing body for all forms of volleyball.
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Federal Research Division
The Federal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of the United States Library of Congress.
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Female genital mutilation
Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision) is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva.
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FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide.
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Fily Dabo Sissoko
Fily Dabo Sissoko was a Malian writer and political leader, born 15 May 1900 at Horokoto (French Soudan, now in Mali's Bafoulabé Cercle).
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In Mali, football is played widely and followed avidly, football is the most popular sport in Mali.
Forest Landscape Integrity Index
The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.
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François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017.
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Freedom of religion
Freedom of religion or religious liberty is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance.
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French Armed Forces
The French Armed Forces (Forces armées françaises) are the military forces of France.
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The French Community (Communauté française) was the constitutional organization set up in October 1958 between France and its remaining African colonies, then in the process of decolonization.
French language
French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.
French Sudan
French Sudan (Soudan français; السودان الفرنسي) was a French colonial territory in the Federation of French West Africa from around 1880 until 1959, when it joined the Mali Federation, and then in 1960, when it became the independent state of Mali. Mali and French Sudan are former French colonies.
Fufu
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine.
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Fula language
Fula,Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student's Handbook, Edinburgh also known as Fulani or Fulah (Fulfulde, Pulaar, Pular; Adlam: 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤬𞤵𞤤𞤣𞤫, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞥄𞤪, 𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤪; Ajami: ࢻُلْࢻُلْدٜ, ݒُلَارْ, بُۛلَر), is a Senegambian language spoken by around 36.8 million people as a set of various dialects in a continuum that stretches across some 18 countries in West and Central Africa.
Fula people
The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people are an ethnic group in Sahara, Sahel and West Africa, widely dispersed across the region.
Gao Region
The Gao Region (Bambara: ߜߊߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Gao Dineja) is a region in northeastern Mali.
Gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. Mali and Ghana are member states of the African Union, member states of the United Nations, republics and west African countries.
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Ghana Empire
The Ghana Empire (غانا), also known as simply Ghana, Ghanata, or Wagadou, was a West African classical to post-classical era western-Sahelian empire based in the modern-day southeast of Mauritania and western Mali.
Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index is an annual ranking of countries by their capacity for, and success in, innovation, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
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Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.
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Griot
A griot (Manding: jali or jeli (in N'Ko: ߖߋߟߌ, djeli or djéli in French spelling); kevel or kewel / okawul; gewel) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician.
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Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea (République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. Mali and Guinea are least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics and west African countries.
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Guinea–Mali border
The Guinea–Mali border is 1,062 km (660 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Senegal in the north to the tripoint with Ivory Coast in the south.
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Gur languages
The Gur languages, also known as Central Gur or Mabia, belong to the Niger–Congo languages.
Habib Koité
Habib Koité (ߤߊߓߌߓ ߞߎߥߊߕߍ|Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Senegalian-born Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali.
Hamchétou Maïga
Hamchétou Maïga-Ba (born 25 April 1978 in Bamako) is a Malian professional women's basketball player most recently with the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic (translit; also known as,,,, and Maure) is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi people.
Hausa language
Hausa (Harshen/Halshen Hausa; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.
Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.
History of Mali
Mali is located in Africa.
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
Hygiene
Hygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.
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Ibn Battuta
Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī (24 February 13041368/1369), commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Maghrebi traveller, explorer and scholar.
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي.,, Arabic:; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab sociologist, philosopher, and historian widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest social scientists of the Middle Ages, and considered by many to be the father of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (29 January 1945 – 16 January 2022), often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian coup d'état.
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Immunization
Immunization, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an infectious agent (known as the immunogen).
Index of Mali-related articles
Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Mali include.
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Indigenous religion
Indigenous religions is a category used in the study of religion to demarcate the religious belief systems of communities described as being "indigenous".
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Infant mortality
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.
Infection
An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce.
Inner Niger Delta
The Inner Niger Delta, also known as the Macina or Masina, is the inland river delta of the Niger River.
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International Center for Transitional Justice
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) was founded in 2001 as a non-profit organization dedicated to pursuing accountability for mass atrocity and human rights abuse through transitional justice mechanisms.
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International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an international organisation which conducts agricultural research for rural development, headquartered in Patancheru, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with several regional centres (Bamako (Mali), Nairobi (Kenya)) and research stations (Niamey (Niger), Kano (Nigeria), Lilongwe (Malawi), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Bulawayo (Zimbabwe)).
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International Development Association
The International Development Association (IDA) (Association internationale de développement) is a development finance institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries.
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International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 190 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of last resort to national governments, and a leading supporter of exchange-rate stability.
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Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Islam in Mali
Islam is very important to traditional Malian culture.
Islamic State – Sahil Province
The Islamic State – Sahel Province (ISSP), formerly known as Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (IS-GS), is an Islamist militant group adhering to the ideology of Salafi Jihadism.
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Islamic terrorism
Islamic terrorism (also known as Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists.
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Islamism
Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.
Ismaël Wagué
Ismaël Wagué is a Malian military officer serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Malian Air Force of the Malian Armed Forces.
Ivory Coast–Mali border
The Ivory Coast–Mali border is 599 km (372 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Guinea in the west to the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the east.
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John Iliffe (historian)
John Iliffe (born 1 May 1939) is a British historian, specialising in the history of Africa and especially Tanzania.
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Jollof rice
Jollof, or jollof rice, is a rice dish from West Africa.
Judar Pasha
Judar Pasha (جؤذر باشا) was a Spanish-Moroccan military leader under the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in the late 16th century.
Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
Kaolinite
Kaolinite (also called kaolin) is a clay mineral, with the chemical composition: Al2Si2O5(OH)4.
Kassonke language
The Kassonke (Khassonké) language, Xaasongaxango (Xasonga), or Western Maninka (Malinke), is a Manding language spoken by the Khassonké and Malinke of western Mali and by the Malinke of eastern Senegal.
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Kati, Mali
Kati is an urban commune and the largest town in Mali's Koulikoro Region.
Kayes Region
Kayes Region (Bambara: ߞߊߦߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kayi Dineja) is one of ten first level national subdivisions in Mali called Regions.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Khaira Arby
Khaira Arby, known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu (21 September 1959 – 19 August 2018), was a Malian singer.
Khassonké people
The Khassonké (CAH-KES-SON-QUE) are an ethnic group of Mali's Kayes Region.
Kidal Region
Kidal Region (Bambara: ߞߌߘߊߟ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kidal Dineja) the eighth administrative region of Mali, covering.
Kora (instrument)
The kora (Manding languages: italics kɔra) is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa.
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Koulikoro Region
Koulikoro Region (Bambara: ߞߎߟߌߞߏߙߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Kulikoro Dineja) is a region in western Mali.
Koyraboro Senni
Koyraboro Senni (Koroboro Senni, Koyra Senni or Gao Senni) is a member of the Songhay languages of Mali and is spoken by some 400,000 people along the Niger River from the town of Gourma-Rharous, east of Timbuktu, through Bourem, Gao and Ansongo to the Mali–Niger border.
L'Essor
L'Essor (fr. Progress) is the state-owned national daily newspaper published in Bamako, Mali.
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Lamb and mutton
Sheep meat is one of the most common meats around the world, taken from the domestic sheep, Ovis aries, and generally divided into lamb, from sheep in their first year, hogget, from sheep in their second, and mutton, from older sheep.
Landlocked country
A landlocked country is a country that does not have any territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie solely on endorheic basins. Mali and landlocked country are landlocked countries.
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Languages of Africa
The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2,100, and by some counts at over 3,000.
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Languages of Mali
Mali is a multilingual country of about 21.9 million people.
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Le Mali
"Le Mali" is the national anthem of Mali.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
Les Echos (Mali)
Les Echos is a daily French-language online newspaper published in Bamako, Mali.
Liberation Day
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day.
Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. Mali and Liberia are least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the United Nations, republics and west African countries.
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.
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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Mali and Libya are countries and territories where Arabic is an official language, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations and Saharan countries.
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Life expectancy
Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.
Limestone
Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.
Lingua franca
A lingua franca (for plurals see), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, vehicular language, or link language, is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect, particularly when it is a third language that is distinct from both of the speakers' native languages.
List of countries and dependencies by area
This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies by land, water, and total area, ranked by total area.
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List of countries by infant and under-five mortality rates
The under-five mortality rate (U5MR) is the number of deaths of infants and children under five years old per 1000 live births.
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List of heads of state of Mali
This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960.
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List of national independence days
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a military occupation, or after a major change in government.
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List of prime ministers of Mali
This is a list of prime ministers of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.
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Lutte Traditionnelle
Lutte Traditionnelle (fr. for Traditional Wrestling) is a style of West African folk wrestling, known as Laamb in Senegal, Boreh in The Gambia, Evala in Togo, and KoKowa / Kokawa in Hausa areas of Nigeria and Niger, or simply Lutte Traditionnelle, in Niger and Burkina Faso.
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
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Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates.
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Mali Empire
The Mali Empire (Manding: MandéKi-Zerbo, Joseph: UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. IV, Abridged Edition: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century, p. 57. University of California Press, 1997. or Manden Duguba; Mālī) was an empire in West Africa from 1226 to 1670.
Mali Federation
The Mali Federation (اتحاد مالي) was a federation in West Africa linking the French colonies of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic (or French Sudan) for two months in 1960.
Mali War
The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that started in January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa.
Mali women's national basketball team
The Mali women's national basketball team (French: Équipe nationale féminine de basketball du Mali) is the nationally controlled basketball team representing Mali at world basketball competitions for women.
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Malian Armed Forces
The Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes) consists of the Army (Armée de Terre), Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aérienne de la République du Mali), and National Guard.
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Malian cuisine
Cuisine in Mali includes rice and millet as staples of Mali, a food culture heavily based on cereal grains.
Mali–Mauritania border
The Mali–Mauritania border is 2,236 km (1,389 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Algeria in the north to the tripoint with Senegal in the south-west.
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Mali–Niger border
The Mali–Niger border is 828 km (520 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the west to the tripoint with Algeria in the east.
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Mali–Senegal border
The Mali–Senegal border is 489 km (304 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Mauritania in the north to the tripoint with Guinea in the south.
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Mali–United States relations
Mali-United States relations, while historically friendly, were radically altered by the March 2012 military coup in Mali that ousted the previous democratic government.
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Malnutrition
Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems.
Mancala
Mancala (منقلة manqalah) is a family of two-player turn-based strategy board games played with small stones, beans, or seeds and rows of holes or pits in the earth, a board or other playing surface.
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Mandé peoples
The Mandé peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of native African ethnic groups who speak Mande languages.
Mande languages
The Mande languages (Mandén, Manding) are a group of languages spoken in several countries in West Africa by the Mandé peoples.
Mandinka language
The Mandinka language (Ajami: مَانْدِينْكَا كَانْجَوْ), or Mandingo, is a Mande language spoken by the Mandinka people of Guinea, northern Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance region of Senegal, and in The Gambia where it is one of the principal languages.
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Mandinka people
The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, The Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea.
Maninka language
Maninka (also known as Malinke), or more precisely Eastern Maninka, is the name of several closely related languages and dialects of the southeastern Manding subgroup of the Mande language family (itself, possibly linked to the Niger–Congo phylum).
Mansa Musa
Mansa Musa (reigned) was the ninth Mansa of the Mali Empire, which reached its territorial peak during his reign.
Marka language
Marka, also called Dafing, is a Manding language of West Africa, spoken in northwest Burkina Faso.
Massa Makan Diabaté
Massa Makan Diabaté (June 12, 1938 – January 27, 1988) was a Malian historian, author, and playwright.
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Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara. Mali and Mauritania are countries and territories where Arabic is an official language, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, Saharan countries, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
Ménaka Cercle
Ménaka Cercle is an administrative subdivision of Ménaka Region, Mali.
Ménaka Region
Ménaka (Bambara: ߡߋߣߊߞߊ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Menaka Dineja) is a region of Mali legislatively created in 2012 from the cercle of the same name previously part of Gao Region.
Military junta
A military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders.
Millet
Millets are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
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Minyanka language
Minyanka (also known as Mamara, Miniyanka, Minya, Mianka, Minianka, or Tupiire) is a northern Senufo language spoken by about 750,000 people in southeastern Mali.
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Moctar Ouane
Moctar Ouane (born 11 October 1955) is a Malian diplomat and politician who served as the acting Prime Minister of Mali from 27 September 2020 to 24 May 2021, between the 2020 Malian coup d'état and the 2021 Malian coup d'état.
Modibo Keïta
Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968.
Mondoro
Mondoro (Mɔ̀ndɔ́:rɔ́) is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Douentza in the Mopti Region of Mali, near the border of Burkina Faso.
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Moors
The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim populations of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
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Mopti
Mopti (Bambara: ߡߏߕߌ tr. Moti) is a town and an urban commune in the Inner Niger Delta region of Mali.
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Mopti Region
Mopti (Fulfulde: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤃𞤮𞥅𞤩𞤼𞤭𞥅, transliterated Diiwal Moobti) is the fifth administrative region of Mali, covering 79,017 km2.
Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire
The Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire began with an expedition sent in 1590 by Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of the Saadian dynasty, which ruled over Morocco at the time.
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Mortality rate
Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
Moussa Konaté
Moussa Konaté (1951 – 30 November 2013) was a Malian writer who was born in Kita.
Moussa Traoré
Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian soldier, politician, and dictator who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991.
Muhammad al-Idrisi
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Dreses; 1100–1165), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.
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Music of Mali
The music of Mali is, like that of most African nations, ethnically diverse, but one influence predominates: that of the ancient Mali Empire of the Mandinka (from c. 1230 to c. 1600).
N'Ko script
NKo (ߒߞߏ), also spelled N'Ko, is an alphabetic script devised by Solomana Kanté in 1949, as a modern writing system for the Manding languages of West Africa.
National Assembly (Mali)
The National Assembly of Mali (Bambara: Mali depitebulon) is the unicameral country's legislative body of 147 voting members.
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National Committee for the Salvation of the People
The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (Comité national pour le salut du peuple, CNSP) was the ruling military junta of Mali from 2020 to 2021.
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National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad
The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad or the Azawad National Liberation Movement (Mouvement national de libération de l'Azawad, MNLA), formerly the National Movement of Azawad (Mouvement national de l'Azawad, MNA), is a militant organization based in northern Mali.
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Ngoni (instrument)
The ngoni (also written ngɔni, n'goni, or nkoni) is a traditional West African string instrument.
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Niger
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a country in West Africa. Mali and Niger are landlocked countries, least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, Saharan countries, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
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Niger River
The Niger River is the main river of West Africa, extending about. Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in south-eastern Guinea near the Sierra Leone border. It runs in a crescent shape through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.
Nomad
Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.
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Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali
The Office of Radio and Television of Mali (French: Office de radiodiffusion et de télévision du Mali, ORTM) is the national broadcaster of the West African state of Mali.
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Ogossagou massacre
On March 23, 2019, several attacks by gunmen killed a reported 160 Fulani herders in central Mali.
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OHADA
OHADA (Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa) is a system of corporate law and implementing institutions adopted by seventeen West and Central African nations in 1993 in Port Louis, Mauritius before it was revised in 2008 in Quebec, Canada.
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Open Doors
Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians around the world.
Operation Barkhane
Operation Barkhane (French: Opération Barkhane) was a counterinsurgency operation that started on 1 August 2014 and formally ended on 9 November 2022.
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Operation Serval
Operation Serval (Opération Serval) was a French military operation in Mali.
Oumou Sangaré
Oumou Sangaré (Umu Sangare; born 25 February 1968) is a Malian Wassoulou singer of Fulani or Fula descent.
Outline of Mali
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mali: Mali – landlocked sovereign country located in West Africa.
Oware
Oware is an abstract strategy game among the mancala family of board games (pit and pebble games) played worldwide with slight variations as to the layout of the game, number of players and strategy of play.
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Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States
The Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC, PUOICM) is composed of the parliaments of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
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Pastoralism
Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands (pastures) for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds.
Peanut stew
Peanut stew or groundnut stew, also known as maafe (Wolof, mafé, maffé, maffe), sauce d'arachide (French) or tigadèguèna is a stew that is a staple food in Western Africa.
Phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.
Presidential system
A presidential system, or single executive system, is a form of government in which a head of government, typically with the title of president, leads an executive branch that is separate from the legislative branch in systems that use separation of powers.
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Prix Renaudot
The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or is a French literary award.
Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
Public domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
Racialization
Racialization or ethnicization is a sociological concept used to describe the intent and processes by which ethnic or racial identities are systematically constructed within a society.
Rally for Mali
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.
Refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a person who has lost the protection of their country of origin and who cannot or is unwilling to return there due to well-founded fear of persecution. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by a contracting state or by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) if they formally make a claim for asylum.
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Regions of Mali
Since 2016, Mali has been divided into ten regions and one capital district.
Religion in Mali
Religion in Mali is predominantly Islam with an estimated 95 percent of the population being Muslim, with the remaining 5 percent of Malians adhering to traditional African religions such as the Dogon religion, or Christianity.
Rokia Traoré
Rokia Traoré (born 24. January 1974) is a Malian-born singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Rough Guides
Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips.
Saadi Sultanate
The Saadi Sultanate (translit), also known as the Sharifian Sultanate, was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Sadio Camara
Colonel Sadio Camara (born 22 March 1979) is a Malian military officer currently serving as Minister of Defence, who took active part in the 2020 Malian coup d'état along with Colonel Assimi Goïta that ousted the government of Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.
Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
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Sahel
The Sahel region or Sahelian acacia savanna is a biogeographical region in Africa.
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Sahelian kingdoms
The Sahelian kingdoms were a series of centralized kingdoms or empires that were centered on the Sahel, the area of grasslands south of the Sahara, from the 8th century to the 19th.
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Salif Keita
Salif Keïta (born 25 August 1949) is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa".
Salt
In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).
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Samogo languages
The Samogo languages are a small group of Mande languages of Mali and Burkina Faso.
Sand
Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.
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Sanitation
Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.
Sankarani River
The Sankarani River (French: Fleuve Sankarani) is a tributary of the Niger River.
Ségou Region
Ségou Region (Bambara: ߛߋߓߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Segu Dineja) is an administrative region in Mali, situated in the centre of the country with an area of, around 5% of Mali.
Scramble for Africa
The Scramble for Africa was the conquest and colonisation of most of Africa by seven Western European powers driven by the Second Industrial Revolution during the era of "New Imperialism" (1833–1914): Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal and Spain.
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Secession
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.
Secular state
A secular state is an idea pertaining to secularity, whereby a state is or purports to be officially neutral in matters of religion, supporting neither religion nor irreligion.
Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
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Semi-presidential republic
A semi-presidential republic, or dual executive republic, is a republic in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet, with the latter two being responsible to the legislature of the state.
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Senara language
Senara (Niangolo), one of a cluster of languages called Senari, is a Senufo language of Burkina Faso and Mali.
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Mali and Senegal are least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics, states and territories established in 1960 and west African countries.
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Senegal River
The Senegal River (Dexug Senegaal, Nahr as-Siniġāl, Fleuve Sénégal) is a river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania.
Senufo languages
The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and the southwest of Burkina Faso.
Senufo people
The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group.
Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004.
Sharia
Sharia (sharīʿah) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith.
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Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, (also,; Salone) officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. Mali and Sierra Leone are least developed countries, member states of the African Union, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, member states of the United Nations, republics and west African countries.
Sikasso Region
Sikasso Region (Bambara: ߛߌߞߊߛߏ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Sikaso Dineja) is the southernmost region of Mali.
Slavery
Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour.
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Slavery in contemporary Africa
The continent of Africa is one of the regions most rife with contemporary slavery.
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Slavery in Mali
Slavery in Mali exists today, with as many as 200,000 people held in direct servitude to a master.
Soil erosion
Soil erosion is the denudation or wearing away of the upper layer of soil.
Songhai Empire
The Songhai Empire was a state located in the western part of the Sahel during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Songhai people
The Songhai people (autonym: Ayneha) are an ethnolinguistic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages.
Songhay languages
The Songhay, Songhai or Ayneha languages are a group of closely related languages/dialects centred on the middle stretches of the Niger River in the West African countries of Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso and Nigeria.
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Soninke language
The Soninke language (Soninke: Sooninkanxanne, سࣷونِکَنْخَنّࣹ), also known as Serakhulle or Azer or Maraka, is a Mande language spoken by the Soninke people of West Africa.
Soninke people
The Soninke people are a West African Mande-speaking ethnic group found in Mali, southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, The Gambia, and Guinea (especially Fouta Djallon).
Sosso Empire
The Sosso Empire, also written as Soso or Susu, or alternatively Kaniaga, was kingdom of West Africa that originated as a vassal of the Ghana Empire before breaking away and conquering their former overlords.
Sotelma
Sotelma is a private telecommunications company in Mali.
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Souleymane Doucouré
Souleymane Doucouré is a Malian politician who served as the Defense Minister of Mali.
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Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000.
South Saharan steppe and woodlands
The South Saharan steppe and woodlands, also known as the South Sahara desert, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of northern Africa.
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Sovereign state
A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.
Spaniards
Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a people native to Spain.
Spinach
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a leafy green flowering plant native to central and Western Asia.
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Spoken language
A spoken language is a language produced by articulate sounds or (depending on one's definition) manual gestures, as opposed to a written language.
Stade Malien
Stade Malien is a Malian professional football and sports club based in Bamako.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Sudan (region)
Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa.
Sudanian savanna
The Sudanian savanna or Sudan region is a broad belt of tropical savanna that runs east and west across the African continent, from the Ethiopian Highlands in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west.
Sundiata Keita
Sundiata Keita (Mandinka, Malinke:; 1217–c. 1255, N'Ko spelling: ߛߏ߲߬ߖߘߊ߬ ߞߋߕߊ߬; also known as Manding Diara, Lion of Mali, Sogolon Djata, son of Sogolon, Nare Maghan and Sogo Sogo Simbon Salaba) was a prince and founder of the Mali Empire.
Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
Tamasheq language
Tamashek or Tamasheq is a variety of Tuareg, a Berber macro-language widely spoken by nomadic tribes across North Africa in Algeria, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.
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Taoudénit Region
Taoudénit (Bambara: ߕߊߎߘߋߣߌ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ tr. Taudeni Dineja) is a region of Mali legislatively created in 2012 from the northern part of Timbuktu Cercle in Tombouctou Region.
Taxi
A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.
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Telecommunications in Mali
Mali, a large, landlocked, multicultural country in West Africa, consistently ranks low in the Human Development Index.
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Telephone numbers in Mali
The following are the telephone codes in Mali.
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Temporary work
Temporary work or temporary employment (also called gigs) refers to an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the needs of the employing organization.
The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Thermal equator
The thermal equator (also known as "the heat equator") is a belt encircling Earth, defined by the set of locations having the highest mean annual temperature at each longitude around the globe.
Tidermène
Tidermène is a village and ''cercle'' in Ménaka Region of southeastern Mali.
Timbuktu
Timbuktu (Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu; Tin Bukt) is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River.
Tinariwen
Tinariwen (Tamasheq: ⵜⵏⵔⵓⵏ; with vowels ⵜⵉⵏⴰⵔⵉⵡⵉⵏ; plural of ténéré meaning "desert") is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara region of southern of Algeria and of northern Mali, in the region of Azawad.
Tombouctou Region
Tombouctou Region or Timbuktu Region (Bambara: ߕߎߡߎߕߎ ߘߌߣߋߖߊ, Tumutu Dineja) is one of the administrative regions of Mali.
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Total fertility rate
The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, if they were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through their lifetime, and they were to live from birth until the end of their reproductive life.
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Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté (10 August 1965 – 19 July 2024) was a Malian kora player.
Traditional African religions
The beliefs and practices of African people are highly diverse, including various ethnic religions.
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Trans-Saharan trade
Trans-Saharan trade is trade between sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa that requires travel across the Sahara.
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Tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer").
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Tuareg people
The Tuareg people (also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn) are a large Berber ethnic group, traditionally nomadic pastoralists, who principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso, as far as northern Nigeria.
Tuareg rebellion (2012)
The 2012 Tuareg rebellion was the early phase of the Mali War; from January to April 2012, a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining independence for the northern region of Mali, known as Azawad.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
Union for the Republic and Democracy
The Union for the Republic and Democracy (French: Union pour la République et la Démocratie, URD) is a political party in Mali, led by Soumaïla Cissé.
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Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human development.
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United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle.
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University of Bamako
The University of Bamako (Université de Bamako) was the flagship public university in Bamako, the capital of Mali between 1996 and 2011.
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University of Timbuktu
The University of Timbuktu (French: Université de Tombouctou) is a collective term for the teaching associated with three mosques in the city of Timbuktu in what is now Mali: the mosques of Sankore, Djinguereber, and Sidi Yahya.
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Varieties of Arabic
Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively.
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Volta-Bani War
The Volta-Bani War was an anti-colonial rebellion which took place in French West Africa (specifically, the areas of modern Burkina Faso and Mali) between 1915 and 1917.
Wagner Group
The Wagner Group (Gruppa Vagnera), officially known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian private military company (PMC) controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally of Russia's president Vladimir Putin.
Water supply
Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes.
West Africa
West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).Paul R.
West African CFA franc
The West African CFA franc (franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA; Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine): Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
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West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
The West Saharan montane xeric woodlands is an ecoregion that extends across several highland regions in the Sahara.
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West Sudanian savanna
The West Sudanian savanna is a tropical savanna ecoregion that extends across West Africa.
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Working language
A working language (also procedural language) is a language that is given a unique legal status in a supranational company, society, state or other body or organization as its primary means of communication.
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
World Conference on Women, 1995
The Fourth World Conference on Women: Action for Equality, Development and Peace was the name given for a conference convened by the United Nations during 4–15 September 1995 in Beijing, China.
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World Trade Organization
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade.
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Yambo Ouologuem
Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer.
Zarma language
Zarma (Zarma Ciine/Sanni; Ajami: زَرْمَ ݘِينٜ / زَرْمَ سَنِّ) is one of the Songhay languages.
.ml
.ml is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mali.
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10th parallel north
The 10th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 10 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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13th meridian west
The meridian 13° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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1991 Malian coup d'état
The 26 March 1991 Malian coup d'état resulted in the overthrow of President Moussa Traoré after over two decades of dictatorship and eventually led to multi-party elections.
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1992 Constitution of Mali
The 1992 Constitution of Mali was approved by a referendum on 12 January 1992 after being drawn up by a national conference in August 1991.
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2002 African Cup of Nations
The 2002 African Cup of Nations was the 23rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF).
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
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2012 Malian coup d'état
The 2012 Malian coup d'état began on 21 March that year, when mutinying Malian soldiers, displeased with the management of the Tuareg rebellion, attacked several locations in the capital Bamako, including the presidential palace, state television, and military barracks.
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2013 Malian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Mali on 24 November 2013.
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2013 Malian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 28 July 2013, with a second round run-off held on 11 August.
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2018 Malian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Mali on 29 July 2018.
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2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup
The 2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup were a beach volleyball double-gender event.
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2023 Malian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Mali on 18 June 2023.
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25th parallel north
The 25th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 25 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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5th meridian east
The meridian 5° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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See also
Countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Chad
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Libya
- List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Oman
- Qatar
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- Somaliland
- State of Palestine
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zanzibar
Least developed countries
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- East Timor
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Laos
- Least developed countries
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Niger
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- The Gambia
- Togo
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zambia
Saharan countries
- Algeria
- Chad
- Egypt
- Libya
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Niger
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
West African countries
- Ambazonia
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cape Verde
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Senegal
- Senegambia
- Senegambia (Dutch West India Company)
- Senegambia Confederation
- Sierra Leone
- The Gambia
- Togo
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali
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