SAFO, Mali — Most of the students had never seen their native language in its written form until recently. Now, they were eagerly sounding out the words appearing on the ThinkPad laptops before ...

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 ...

Mali has withdrawn from a global alliance of French-speaking countries, days after two of its neighbors took the same step.

Burkina Faso and Mali were also suspended following their ... in accordance with its main mission of promoting the French language and cultural and linguistic diversity. The theme for this year ...

Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced their withdrawal from the International Organisation of Francophonie, which organises the event as part of its mission to celebrate French language ...

Following the military coups, Burkina Faso and Mali dropped French as the official language and banned many French-speaking media outlets. Last year, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso announced their ...

Mali and Burkina Faso have this week announced their withdrawal from the International Organisation of Francophonie, which organises the event as part of its mission to celebrate French language ...