Mali

Interesting Facts About Mali

• Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa and the eighth-largest country in Africa
• Mali held its first democratic, multi-party presidential election in 1992, won by Alpha Oumar Konaré
• During the democratic period from 1992 onwards, Mali was regarded as one of the most politically and socially stable countries in Africa
• Amadou Toumani Touré, a retired general who led the military aspect of the 1991 democratic uprising, was elected president in 2002

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