Republic of Mali 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

1. By: TSgt Murat ALDEMİR

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Flag, Emblem and Motto
Motto: "One people, one goal, one faith"

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Economy
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Energy
• Transport infrastructure

9. 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

10. Politics and Goverment
• Foreign relations
• Military

11. 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.

12. Society
• Demographics
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Education
• Health

13. 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.

14. Culture
• Music
• Literature
• Sport
• Cuisine
• Media

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Images From Mali
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JsdpxEqaJhc
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=SdvLMDAx3cY