Here’s a close look at Mali: Geography: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert and whose borders touch Algeria to the north and Ivory Coast to the south, linking ...

Provides an overview of Mali, including key dates and facts about this west African country.

GEOGRAPHY: Mali is a vast, landlocked nation that straddles the Sahara Desert. Mali’s north is currently under the rule of radical Islamists, whereas the weak central government is in the ...

Summarise the background to the UN's MINUSMA Mali operation. Apart from stability in Mali, outline the other geopolitical reasons for the UK sending troops to the region. To what extent will the ...

Islamist radicals destroyed more than 4,000 manuscripts, some dating back to the 13th century, after they seized Timbuktu in ...

Mali’s ‘astounding’ community health programme should be emulated To what extent can health schemes hope to prosper when a country is still ravaged by terrorism and weak governance?

OTTAWA—Distance and geography have been cited as the primary reasons Canadian medical helicopters remained on the ground in northern Mali during two bloody attacks on United Nations peacekeepers ...