Sentence examples for state of mali from inspiring English sources

But the group are also under no illusions about the state of Mali.

Nowhere does music have a greater social and political importance than in the vast desert state of Mali.

The aim of France's military intervention in the west African state of Mali is to reclaim the country from Islamic fundamentalists, Paris has said.

The left-field contender is Timbuktu, Abderrahame Sissako's story set in the west-African state of Mali, which has been taken over by strict Islamic jihadists.

Abderrahmane Sissako's new film takes as its starting point a news story from the west African state of Mali, where the director was born.

Yet faced with the prospect of Qaeda-linked jihadist groups sweeping the state of Mali and imposing an internally brutal and externally destabilizing form of rule, Hollande acted — for France, and for Africa.

Rolling Stone magazine calls him "the biggest pop star of the West African nation of Mali".

Modibo Keita, (born June 4, 1915, Bamako, French Sudan [now in Mali] died May 16, 1977, Bamako, Mali), socialist politician and first president of Mali (1960 68).

Mali When Ali Farka Toure's music first came out of Mali, in West Africa, it sounded strangely familiar.

Mali was in a state of crisis on Thursday as mutineering soldiers seized power and announced a military curfew.

And this is why the music of Mali remains such a vital force in the fight for all our futures.