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, with an area of over 1,241,238 square kilometers (479,245 sq mi). The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east by Niger, to the northwest by Mauritania, to the south by Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, and to the west by Guinea and Senegal. The population of Mali is 24,478,595, 47.19% of which are estimated to be under the age of 15 in 2024. Its capital and largest city is Bamako. The country has 13 official languages, of which Bambara is the most commonly spoken, although French is a frequent lingua franca.
The sovereign state's northern borders reach deep into the Sahara Desert. The country's southern part, where the majority of inhabitants live, is in the Sudanian savanna and has the Niger and Senegal rivers running through it. The country's economy centers on agriculture and mining, with its most prominent natural resources including gold (of which it is the third largest producer in Africa) and salt.
Mali was part of three successive powerful and wealthy West African empires that controlled trans-Saharan trade: the Ghana Empire (for which Ghana is named), the Mali Empire (for which Mali is named), and the Songhai Empire ↗. At its peak in 1300, the Mali Empire was the wealthiest country in Africa, and its 14th-century emperor, Mansa Musa, was believed to be one of the wealthiest individuals in history. Besides being a hub of trade and mining, medieval Mali was a center of Islam, culture, and knowledge. Timbuktu became a renowned place of learning with its university, one of the oldest in the world, and still active. The expanding Songhai Empire absorbed the empire in 1468, followed by a Saadian army that defeated the Songhai in 1591. In the late 19th century, during the Scramble for Africa, France seized control of Mali, making it a part of French Sudan; as the Sudanese Republic, a brief federation with Senegal was formed, achieving independence in 1960. After Senegal's withdrawal, the Republic of Mali was established. After a long period of one-party rule, a coup in 1991 led to a new constitution and the establishment of Mali as a democratic, multi-party state.
In January 2012, an armed conflict broke out in northern Mali, in which Tuareg rebels took control of a territory in the north and, in April, declared the secession of a new state, Azawad.[24] A military coup in March 2012 complicated the conflict, later fighting between Tuareg and other rebel factions. In response to territorial gains, the French military launched Operation Serval in January 2013. Malian and French forces recaptured most of the north a month later, although the conflict continued. Presidential elections were held on 28 July 2013, with a second-round run-off on 11 August and legislative elections on 24 November and 15 December 2013. In the early 2020s, Mali experienced two military takeovers by Assimi Goïta.
Spanking and Spanking Art in Mali
In the 20th century, school corporal punishment fell out of fashion and was gradually banned in many countries, a trend that continues until the present day.
As of May 2008, Mali prohibits corporal punishment in schools.
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Prostitution in Mali
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