In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands By: Baba Ahmed, The Associated Press Posted: 12:08 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 21, 2025. ...

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 ...

Mali has removed French as its official language, a move that comes more than six decades after Bamako gained independence. The decision is contained in the West African country’s new ...

It’s fantastic to walk on the streets of Mali knowing people are speaking so many languages. It’s this kind of caracteristic that makes the country so interesting. Bambara is the most spolek language ...

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.

Mali's ruling junta has suspended French-language channel TV5 Monde for three months, for what it called a lack of "balance" in a news item, the media regulator said, in a statement received by ...

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, it refers to ...

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, ...

In Mali, USAID funding cuts hit a local language learning program that empowered thousands. BABA AHMED. Wed, May 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM UTC. 5 min read.

In 2023, Mali's military government decided to make the country’s native tongues the official languages in place of French, which then became the “working language.” ...