Mali is a northern African country. It is a land-locked country. Mali borders Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Cote D’ivoire to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Here are ten funny facts about Mali. SEE ALSO: 10 Amazing Facts About Luxembourg You Should Know Population: 15.3 million (2013) World [...]
Al-Qaeda-linked group claims Mali restaurant attack
An al-Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a restaurant and bar in Mali's capital, Bamako, according to Mauritanian news media. A masked assailant sprayed bullets on Saturday into La Terrasse, a restaurant and bar that is popular with foreigners, killing five people, including a Frenchman and a Belgian. Al Mourabitoun, or The Sentinels, a [...]
WHO declares Mail Ebola free
The Malian authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday, announced that Mali was now Ebola free. The Malian Minister of Health and Public Hygiene, Mr Ousmane Kone said in a statement in Bamako. Kone officially declared Mali free of Ebola virus disease, because 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negative in laboratory tests on the Dec. 6, [...]