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Although power cuts are currently shorter than last year, an energy crisis continues to weaken Mali's economy, which is already reeling from the consequences of two coups since 2020 and attacks by armed separatist groups from the north or jihadists linked to Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Group.

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Mali embraces solar power for rural areas but the challenges are still vast
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Thu,03/27/25-12:15AM , 165 Reads
KARAN, Mali (AP) — A solar power plant in this rural corner of Mali has jolted a village to life and awakened dreams of steady power in other areas of this West African nation as it sees unprecedented
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Donkeys pull a cart to collect household waste at the Badalabougou garbage dump site in Bamako, Mali, on July 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Moustapha Diallo)

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The trash in Mali's capital is piling up. Donkey carts are coming to help
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Sat,08/17/24-11:11PM , 101 Reads
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — When handling the garbage of a city of over 3 million people and equipped with little more than a face mask and gloves, it helps to have a sense of humor. Yacouba Diallo decided to name the two donkeys that pull his cart after his cousins, Keita and Kanté.
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Gueva Ba sells used cell phones in Dakar's Colobane market Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Ba, who tried to reach Europe via Morocco eleven times, flew legally to Nicaragua and made the rest of the journey illegally by land to Mexico's northern border, before being repatriated from the United States to Senegal in September 2023. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

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In Senegal's capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach US
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Sat,03/02/24-12:10AM , 75 Reads
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gueva Ba tried to reach Europe by boat 11 times from Morocco, failing each attempt.
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This undated photograph released by the Compagnie Malienne de Navigation (COMANAV) shows their boat called Tombouctou at dock on the Niger River in Mali. A Malian government statement said the passenger boat was attacked near the village of Zarho, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) east of Timbuktu Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Al-Qaida-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers in two separate assault, the boat, and a military camp, the military said. (Comanav via AP)

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Mali military camp is attacked a day after 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed in assaults
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Thu,09/07/23-6:00PM , 131 Reads
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A military camp in Mali's restive north was attacked Friday, a day after two separate assaults by al-Qaida-linked insurgents killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, the military said.
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