The Children’s Foundation was created fourteen years ago by my husband, the president Amadou Toumani TOURE, who was then the General, after months of transition spent at the head of Mali, in order to cope, among other things, with the distress of the children of Mali, because, as we all know it, they stand for the future of...

Mali is a central State of Western Africa, and it shares borders with Mauritania and Algeria (North), Niger (West), Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast (South), Guinea (South-West) and Senegal (West). Surface: 774 532m2. World Ranking : 24th.

For a very long time, our country has been dealing with streams of population. Oral tradition talks about the first Malian Empire created before the sixth century. It underwent a seven-year draught, and its population migrated toward the west, conducing to the birth of the great Empire of Ghana, the Empire of Mali’s ancestor....

The ministry of Malian expatriates and African Integration, of which I am the secretary, is a new ministry as it was created in 2004, after being a subsidiary ministry. It was created because the president of the Republic, SEM Amadou Toumani Touri, strongly wanted to create a secretary that would be dedicated to...

Mali has always been one of the best choices of the west of Africa for international tourists, not only for cultural tourism, but also as regards eco-tourism. We have four sites that are part of the World Heritage List of the UNESCO : the Old Towns of Djenné, Timbuktu, The Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) and the Tomb...

The proverb says that the road towards development goes through road development. It is why, throughout the PDES (Program for social and economic development) that was inspired by the President of Mali, his Excellency Amadou Toumani TOURE, we particularly focus on transport substructures. These dynamics were initiated in...

Energy is at the centre of the majority of the aspects of sustainable development, including the access to drinking water, agricultural and industrial productivity, healthcare, school level and the impact of the climate change over means of sustainable existence. Its links with other sectors are thus determining aspects with...

There are not such things as secrets as far as management is concerned. We did it with men and women, with a team and a work method based on seriousness, confidence, and enthusiasm : in only two years, our Bank has won more than twice its initial capital, and thus restored its own funds which were in the red only 18 months...

The cotton area is a strategic part of the policy of Mali as regards social and economic development. The CMDT supervises more than 3 million people. The exploitation of cotton is made of 200 000 family farms, that are cultivating about 8 to 10ha per farm, including 2 to 3ha of cotton in a cereal/cotton production system....