By: TSgt Murat ALDEMİR

Context• Location and Geography • Overview• Flag, Emblem and Motto• History

• Economy

• Politics and Goverment• Society• Culture• Food

• Customs

• Northern Mali Conflict

• EUTM Mali• Images From Mali

Location and Geography• Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is the

seventh largest country in Africa, with an area of just over 1,240,000 square kilometres. The population of Mali is 16 million. Its capital is Bamako.

• Mali shares a border with Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d’Ivoire on the south, Guinea to the south-west, Senegal and Mauritania to the west, and Algeria to the north.

Overview• The country's economic structure centers on agriculture

and fishing. • Some of Mali's prominent natural resources include gold,

being the third largest producer of gold in the African continent and salt.

• About half the population lives below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.

• 94.8 percent of the people of Mali are Muslim and 2.4 percent are Christian. The remaining 2.8 percent follow indigenous religions.

• Life expectancy was 50 years. Mali’s infant mortality rate is one of the world’s highest at 106 per 1,000 live births.

Flag, Emblem and Motto

Motto: "One people, one goal, one faith"

History • Modern Mali was formerly part of three empires controlling

trade in the Sahara. These were the Mali, Songhai, and Ghana empires.

• Mali became part of the French Empire in the 19th century. In 1959, French Sudan, of which Mali was a part, gained independence as the Mali Federation.

• Senegal withdrew from the federation, leading to the Republic of Mali. In 1991, a coup led to a new constitution and multiple political parties.

Economy• Mali is among the 25 poorest countries. It is highly

depend on gold mining and agricultural exports such as cotton.

• As one of the world’s poorest countries, the average worker's annual salary is approximately $1,500.

• Threats to Mali’s economy is a return to physical insecurity, high population growth, corruption, weak infrastructure, and low levels of human capital.

Economy

• Agriculture• Mining• Energy

• Transport infrastructure

Politics and Goverment • The government in Mali is republican based.

• The president has executive power and is elected to a five year term, with a limit of two terms.

• The laws there are based on French laws.• The president now is Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Politics and Goverment

• Foreign relations

• Military

Society • The population live predominantly rural areas 75%, and

25% of Malians are nomadic.

• More than 90 percent of the population lives in the southern part of the country, especially in Bamako, which has 2 million residents.

• The growth rate was 3 percent annually.

Society • Demographics

• Ethnicity• Religion• Education• Health

Culture • The varied everyday culture of Malians reflects the

country's ethnic and geographic diversity. • Most Malians wear earring, colorful robes

called boubous that are typical of West Africa. • Malians frequently participate in traditional festivals,

dances, and ceremonies.

Culture • Music

• Literature• Sport• Cuisine• Media

Food

• Mali people eat many varieties of food, but they mostly eat corn and millet.

• They drink milk and bissap which is a drink that they make from leaves.

• Food culture heavily based on grains. Grains are generally prepared with sauces.

Food

• Despite being an Islamic country, alcohol is not prohibited and many Malians drink millet beer.

• Mali has a problem with food and food shortages. There is not enough food and people don’t have the money to buy it when it is available.

Customs • Mali custom is they like to watch sporting events. They

love their soccer teams and watching them play. • Mali custom is that the 90% of the Islamic population

prays to a God for more crops to grow for them. • It is customary of Mali people to dance at all different

kinds of ceremonies dressed in their ancestors clothes.

Customs

• The civilization of Mali worships the God Allah.

• Allah is the God that is in their book of worship that they

pray to 5 times a day.

Northern Mali Conflict• In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern

Mali, which Tuareg rebels took control of by April and declared the separation of a new state, Azawad.

• The conflict was complicated by a military coup that took place in March and later fighting between Tuareg and Islamist rebels.

EUTM Mali

• EUTM Mali (European Union Training Mission in Mali) is a European Union multinational military training mission headquartered in Bamako, Mali, which is training and advising the military of Mali.

EUTM Mali• The restoration of security and lasting peace in Mali is a

major issue for the stability of the Sahel region.• On 18 February 2013, at the request of the Malian

authorities, and in accordance with international decisions on the subject, in particular United Nations Security Council Resolution, the European Union launched a training mission for Malian armed forces.

• 22 European nations are engaged in this mission and have sent soldiers to the Republic of Mali. EUTM Mali is one of the elements of a global approach organized by the EU in Mali defined within the Strategy for the security and development within the region of Sahel.

Images From Mali

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsdpxEqaJhc

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdvLMDAx3cY