News Mali Economy: Would-be refugee warns against dangerous trek: 'I'm like you, and I found a way'
On his 5-acre farm of fledgling banana and orange trees, 38-year-old Lassina Keita has prepared a strong warning for his countrymen who are considering leaving Mali for Europe. But he said his words fall too often on deaf ears.
News Mali Economy: Climate and mortality rates in Kenya, Mali, and Malawi: what we found
African countries need to take into account the effects environmental changes, like climate change, have on their ability to deal with food security, poverty reduction and lowering mortality rates.
News Mali Economy: Why abandoning the CFA Franc would be a risky operation
resist a single currency for the Economic Community of West African States countries? These eight countries – Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo ...
News Mali Economy: Mali, IMF agree on new programme of more than 100 billion CFA francs
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the end of its mission, carried out from 12 to 25 June in Bamako, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Mali reached a preliminary agreement on a new Economic and Financial Programme, supported by the
News Mali Economy: Thursday’s Daily Brief: Press Freedom Day, Tuna Day, cultural dialogue, #GlobalGoals awards, updates on Syria, Somalia, Mali
Mali: crimes against humanity may have taken place in last ... which serves to highlight the importance of this valuable food source to the marine ecosystem and the global economy, says the UN. ...
News Mali Economy: West Africa's Fine Line Between Cultural Norms and Child Trafficking
On a bus in Cotonou, Benin's commercial capital, four Nigerian girls aged between 15 and 16 sit closely together as they are about to embark on the last part of their journey to Mali, where they are told that their new husbands, whom they never have met, await them.
News Mali Economy: Mali hopes to cotton on to added value
But political and economic leaders also publicly bemoan that Mali, like other African producers, only processes a tiny fraction of its production. Most of the cotton is exported raw. President Ibrahim ...
News Mali Economy: India, US agree to strengthen economic co-operation; Mali’s President names new government - Current Affairs
India and the United States have agreed to strengthen economic co-operation and bilateral trade by ensuring greater collaboration amongst stakeholders, including government, businesses and ...
News Mali Economy: Mali seeks to add value to cotton [Business Africa]
Mali’s economy could have raked in some $1.6 billion dollars in 2018. And that’s if authorities had industrial processing units to add value to cotton. The West African nation is Africa’s top cotton ...