Mali News » Bamako News Mali » Bamako » History: Slums and guns in Bamako: what’s driving the illegal weapon trade in Mali’s capital city
Weapons and ammunition seized from Islamist fighters by the Malian army. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images As west Africa urbanises, many cities have become interconnected through trade, travel and ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Locating History in Concrete and Bronze: Civic Monuments in Bamako, Mali
Arnoldi, Mary Jo. 2016. "Locating History in Concrete and Bronze: Civic Monuments in Bamako, Mali." In A Companion to Public Art. Krause Knight, Cher and Senie ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Bloody attack in Mali’s capital shows al-Qaeda’s shifting strategy
DAKAR, Senegal — Following an attack by one of al-Qaeda’s most powerful affiliates that killed dozens in Mali’s capital, the group’s message was clear: Its target had been Mali’s junta government — ...
News Mali » Bamako » History: Inside a thriving Chinatown neighborhood in the heart of West Africa
BAMAKO, Mali — Drive through downtown in this West African capital, past traditional markets and mosques, and you arrive, unexpectedly, in a neighborhood with bubble tea shops and Chinese boutiques, ...