[Blog Post] Africa Environment Mali : Wood, Smoke, Pollution and Sustainability http://toast.tw/100cf8

[Blog Post] Africa Mali : Old Map of Timbuktu http://toast.tw/100cep

New blog post: Africa Mali : Old Map of Timbuktu http://gatorurl.com/baxh30

Oil executives gird for work in risky Iraq: The south, home to most big oilfields, has been mainly quiet since Mali... http://bit.ly/8YRFtQ

Watching "WOW MALI". There's no way to take down the classics. Love it still. Epic. Haha. Makes me ROFL.

From my heart to yours community as Mali

Plans de Sécurité Alimentaire CSA
Detailed descriptions of many of Mal's communes, c. 2005

AFP: Burnout Boeing, a clue in African drugs trade
Photos (first I've seen) from the site of the Malian drug plane wreckage, placing it at Sinkrebaka, Gao. Definitely a 727.

US creates African enemies where none were before - CSMonitor.com
CSMonitor.com By David Gutelius / July 11, 2003

BBC News - Mali villagers fight back against Sahara: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8408568.stm via @addthis

maliweb.net :: Soumana Sako et le Troisième Mandat d’ATT : Le Communiqué de la déchéance !
Speculation in the Malian press about a showdown between two factions of the President's supporters: one "...the Citizen Movement aspires to a third term for Amadou Toumani Touré..., and the CNAS [Convention Nationale des Associations de...

Issikta -Touaregs/Bruxelles - Sahara: Mali/Somali :Contingent militaire neutre ou ingérence
An interesting preface from "Issikta" to this AFP article on Somali. They claim the 13 Malian officers -- among them several Touaregs -- sent to aid Kenyan peace monitoring forces on the Somali border, have been given orders which by the...

Mali peeps - receiving warnings about fake police in Bamako. DM me if u want more details.

@childrensafrica Loved the Ghana article. Just like Mali!

L'équipage du « Boeing de la coke » a été exfiltré : Jeuneafrique.com
Reports that the two white pilots of the Boeing 707, (not 727) which crashed in the Malian desert after delivering 10 tons of coke in November, were helped to exit the country using false papers and were not searched. Allegedly there was complicity by...

[Blog Post] Africa Video: travel through Mali http://toast.tw/100brn

New blog post: Africa Video: travel through Mali http://gatorurl.com/1b3yq8

@hotmanila Mali pa nga yung syntax of my last Tweet. But from one good friend to another, I'll see what I can do. How about more good cheer?

[New Post] Africa Technology : Rural Solar Energy in Mali http://toast.tw/100bf5

Coupe CAF : Soumbeyla Diakité sort de l'ombre L'Essor, 08/12/2009
Profile of Stade Malien goalkeeper Soumbeyla Diakité, whose multiple penalty saves won the CAF cup for Stade.

@MaliZomg Yes Mali. Put down that controller - say in 20 mins? :P

African Leagues Team Of The Week: Coulibaly The Hero For Stade Malien - World Soccer - Yahoo! Sports
"Coulibaly Bakary - Stade Malien (Mali) The striker scored the all-important first goal in the 52nd minute of his team’s second leg fixture against Algeria’s ES Setif in the CAF Confederation Cup final. The lead was well deserved for the West...

[New Post] Africa Music Mali : Toumani Diabate, Telling stories on the kora http://toast.tw/100b9c

[New Post] Africa Technology : Plastic bags into paving stones in Mali http://toast.tw/100b93

BBC News - Timbuktu's ancient salt caravans under threat
One in a series of such stories. A memoir of several years back (Michael Benanav. Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold -- 2006) argued after discussions with the salt caravan drivers that trucks WOULD NOT undercut the trade, as...

Cargo – Cocaïne : L’alerte des Nations-Unies - Temoust.org | Le portail du peuple touareg berbère Kel Tamasheq
"...un aéronef, capable de transporter 10 tonnes de cocaïne, fait une livraison dans une région contrôlée par les forces anti-gouvernementales ». Aussi bien les rebelles Touareg qu’Al-Qaida au Maghreb islamique sont connus pour être actifs...

L'ESSOR : Quotidien National d'Information du Mali
Selon des informations, les auteurs de l’enlèvement seraient donc des amis ou parents des Rhissa Ag Bounoune et Efantane Ag Abidine. Le premier est un riche homme d’affaires. Il avait été arrêté à l'entrée de la ville de Kidal en...

maliweb.net :: Situation sécuritaire dans la région de Gao : Une marche contre la prolifération des grenades réprimée par la police
And earlier (Jan. 2009) article by the somtimes reviled Chahana TAKIOU, re. the decreaing security situation in Gao."Faux, rétorquent les proches de Mohamed Ag Akilinine qui indexent les anciens de Gandakoye comme étant les auteurs des jets...

maliweb.net :: Après l’attaque d’Ansongo : La communauté Imghad démasque le présumé auteur
Akly, l’armée malienne n’est pas construite sur la base de la communauté Imghad. C’est une armée multi-ethnique. Je reconnais que les leaders ifoghas sérieusement en difficulté avec l’Etat malien, en perte de confiance vis-à-vis de celui-ci...

oops mali.. haha! @stephie_shine yeah.. will be tooooo early at work tomorrow.. haha! number coding kasi e..

African producers may litigate over U.S. cotton | News by Country | Reuters
"We cannot wait forever because our entire cotton industry will disappear," Mamadou Sanou told a news conference during a World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Geneva. "If we were to take a case against the United States, it...

@amypalko LOL! I rescued a dying fish on the beach; Mali probably just thinks I'm mad ;)

@cyantaeed A holiday? You guys?! Good for you :) Would love to introduce you to Mali, so do let me know if you make it here...

MALI: Land grab fears linger (IRIN Africa)
"Mali has approved long-term leases for outside investors to help develop more than 160,000 hectares of land, but local farmers say they fear being squeezed out by large-scale agro businesses. ...farmers [are] concerned that they will be reduced to...

Sahel Kidnappings: Mali, Now Mauritania « Sahel Blog
Homer: "Don't you get tired of being wrong Marge?"Marge: "Sometimes...".

@alphie He likes being on top. "A little too over you." Oops, mali pala. Hehe.