MOUNTOUGOULA, Mali (AP) — For Aminata Doumbia, an 18-year-old Malian, the “Shifin ni Tagne” project was a path for her life dreams. A phrase meaning “our future” in the country’s main local language, ...

The Pentagon has issued a rush order for an instructor to teach the Tuareg language spoken by the nomadic people who live in the desolate northern regions of Mali, the west African nation that was the ...

Mali, a country in West Africa, has removed French from being the official language of communication to being a working language following the implementation of its new constitution. The law was ...

Bambara is the most widely spoken language in Mali, but in schools, only French is taught. A startup is trying to change that, so pupils will not only be able to speak but also read and write in their ...

Mali gained independence from France in 1960, yet even today French is the language of government business, used on road signs and in state TV broadcasts.

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