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Mali

Mali

Population: 13.9 million
GNI: $6100 million
Debt: $2800 million
Overview: President Amadou Toumani Touré is launching a new development drive as income from gold and cotton exports looks uncertain. A Tuareg rebellion in the north persists.

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  • Vol 49 No 13
  • 20/06/2008

Tough times

Things have turned unexpectedly nasty for the huge Saharan state

  • Vol 49 No 13
  • 20/06/2008

Third term triangle

Mali's democratic credentials are wearing thin at home despite winning international plaudits in the 16 years since Amadou Toumani Touré started the constitutional revolution in 1992.

  • Vol 49 No 3
  • 01/02/2008

Ordinary rendition

A diplomatic storm is brewing as Mozambican police crack down on West Africans they accuse of being illegal miners. The formal tone of a letter from the Mozambican High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, announcing it has ‘the honour to inform’ the Gui...

  • Vol 48 No 10
  • 11/05/2007

La caravane passe au Mali

Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré's electoral triumph ends 'the politics of consensus' in place since 2002. Results from the Minister of Territorial Administration, General Kafougouna Koné, give ATT 70% of votes. Typically low turnou...

  • Vol 48 No 9
  • 27/04/2007

ATT seeks takokélén

President Touré is poised to win a second term in Mali's presidential election on 29 April

  • Vol 48 No 9
  • 27/04/2007

Politicians and their parties

Born in Mopti, Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT, 52) is backed by over 30 parties and myriad civil society organisations, along with the nebulous, 'apolitical' Mouvement Citoyen (Citizen's Movement), whose main activity is to support ATT.

  • Vol 46 No 12
  • 10/06/2005

Soccer, Islam and hard times

Football riots and fears of terrorism are undermining ATT's reputation

  • Vol 46 No 10
  • 13/05/2005

Belgium's man in Africa

Little did a royal Belgian foundation expect that by bestowing a prize on Mali's shy, soft-spoken former Territorial Administration Minister, it would reignite controversy over the 2002 elections. On 3 May, Ousmane Sy won the King Baudouin Internation...

  • Vol 44 No 8
  • 18/04/2003

Bamako blues

The soldier-turned-president's carefully crafted consensus is threatened by a confident opposition

  • Vol 43 No 11
  • 31/05/2002

He's back

The interest groups that helped Touré into the presidency want their reward

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