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elined by Islamist groups associated with Al-Qaeda[citation needed], and dropped their demands for secession. The soldiers who seized power allowed Dioncounda Traore, the President of the National Assembly, to take office as head of state in accordance with the constitution, but they have continued to wield consi

of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa and in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Mali is bordered by Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and Cote d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the southeast. It is Africa's third largest African producer of gold and once was involved in the slave tr

n April, under international pressure, the military junta — led by Capt. Amadou Sanogo — agreed to a civilian government led by an interim president, Dioncounda Traore, the former leader of the national assembly; and an interim prime minister, Cheick Modibo Diarra, an unlikely Malian-American astrophysicist who on

tic solution should be the first avenue for resolving the conflict. Malian diplomats had recently met with some ethnic Tuareg rebels in neighboring Burkina Faso in an attempt to resolve some long-standing complaints by the Tuareg people and isolate the Arab foreign fighters from the Qaeda franchise. General

per capita: US $610 (World Bank, 2011) • Internet domain: .ml • International dialling code: +223 Page 12 of 7 EFTA00598396 Interim president: Dioncounda Traore Dioncounda Traore was inaugurated in April 2012, marking a return to civilian rule after the military coup in March that toppled his predecessor,

- Protests erupt following Keita's death in prison. 1979 - New constitution provides for elections; Traore re-elected president. 1985 - Mali and Burkina Faso engage in border fighting. 1991 - Traore deposed in coup and replaced by transitional committee. Democracy 1992 - Alpha Konare wins multiparty ele