Alliance of Sahel States
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The Alliance of Sahel States, also known as the Confederation of Sahel States or AES Confederation, is a political and economic union in the Sahel region of Africa comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Ni
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Mali
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Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa and the 23rd largest country in the world, with an area of 1,240,192 square ki
Alliance of Sahel States
…French: Confédération des États du Sahel) or AES Confederation, is a political and economic union in the Sahel region of Africa comprising Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. It originated as a mutual defense pact in 2023. All three member states are under the control of military juntas following a string of…
The pages above are from Timbuktu Manuscripts written in Sudani script (a form of Arabic) from the Mali Empire showing established knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. Today there are close to a million of these manuscripts found in Timbuktu alone.
Griots of Sambala, king of Médina (Fula people, Mali), 1890. Photo by Joannès Barbier.
Cotton being processed in Niono into 180 kg (400 lb) bales for export to other parts of Africa and to France, c. 1950
WWI Commemorative Monument to the "Armée Noire"