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	<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Cotton in Mali : A tale of woe</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/cotton-in-mali-a-tale-of-woe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article on BBC NEWS about &#8216;Misery in Mali&#8217;s cotton-picking fields&#8216; reminds us of the woes of Mali&#8217;s farmers. These are not the huge cotton companies one sees in the US South, but family units who co-operate together. The work is hard and for very little return. An article, &#8216;Cotton-omics&#8216; on the OXFAM website gives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mali : National Education Plans</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/mali-national-education-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sorry that these plans are only available in French, but I hope they will be helpful to you. You’ll need Adobe Reader to read the pdf files.

Source: Planipolis UNESCO IIEP
Cadre de dépenses à moyen terme du secteur de l’éducation 2006-2008
Ministère de l’éducation nationale, 2006, 73 p.
Authors / Organisations : Mali. Ministère de l’éducation nationale
Type [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>SAHEL: Outbreak of polio prompts mass vaccination campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN NEWS
SAHEL: Outbreak of polio prompts mass vaccination campaign
OUAGADOUGOU, 13 June 2008 (IRIN) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the governments of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali are launching a cross-border polio vaccination campaign today following an April 2008 report of a polio case at Tillabéry in southwest Niger, 100km from the borders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austrian Hostages in Mali 13-06-08 - Sahara hostage telephoned relatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Christiane Lauschitzky
Here’s the latest update on the Austrian hostages:
13-06-2008
(Source: http://salzburg.orf.at/stories/285307 )
Sahara hostage telephoned relatives 
As a relative of the kidnapped Wolfgang Ebner (Salzburg) told APA (Austrian Press Agency), the man from Hallein supposedly telephoned his family a few days ago. He is said to be very ill. Supposedly Ebner is suffering from malaria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MALI: Gun running worsening</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing new in the following article but the situation does seem to be deteriorating.
MALI: Gun running worsening
BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU, 12 June 2008 (IRIN) - Mali has become an established transit route for weapons heading from West Africa&#8217;s increasingly peaceful coastal states to active conflicts in West and Central Africa, an ECOWAS expert has warned.
&#8220;There are two factors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MALI: Religious leaders oppose abolition of death penalty</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/mali-religious-leaders-oppose-abolition-of-death-penalty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN NEWS
MALI: Religious leaders oppose abolition of death penalty
BAMAKO, 11 June 2008 (IRIN) - A new bill to abolish the death penalty is sparking hot debate in the National Assembly amid protests from Islamic groups who say abolishing it goes against Islamic principles.
&#8220;Our recommendations focus on maintaining the death penalty in conformity with Islamic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MALI: Teacher strikes may mean &#8216;blank&#8217; school year</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/mali-teacher-strikes-may-mean-blank-school-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN NEWS
MALI: Teacher strikes may mean &#8216;blank&#8217; school year
BAMAKO, 10 June 2008 (IRIN) - In Mali the most important exams come last: the baccalaureate at the end of June. But this year, with secondary-school teachers in their seventh straight month of strikes, the exam risks going unmarked, meaning students may face a blank school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keyhole gardens - an idea for Mali?</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/keyhole-gardens-an-idea-for-mali/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote the following post for Sociolingo&#8217;s Africa, but thinking about it I realised that this is an idea that may work for Mali too. As usual what is needed is for someone to pick up the idea from CARE and do a pilot and show people how it works.
There’s an interesting post on BBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encyclopedia of Earth additions to the profile of Mali</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/encyclopedia-of-earth-additions-to-the-profile-of-mali/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of Earth has additions to the profile of Mali. There are really good and detailed profiles of the Bandiagara, World Heritage site and Eco-Regions of Mali, although other headings are obviously work in progress and are in outline only.
Cliffs_of_Bandiagara,Land_of_the_Dogons, Mali
Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
Sahara desert
South Saharan steppe and woodlands
West Saharan montane xeric woodlands
West [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Tuareg clashes 07-06-2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was a bad week for hopes of peace in northern Mali, despite Libyan attempts to broker a ceasefire. The latest round of violent incidents in the north of Mali lasted 4 days and subsided last thursday (5th June). An army supply convoy was attacked by the rebels and offensives by the Malian army [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mali sacks military chiefs as Tuareg revolt grows 06-06-2998</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: AlertNet

Mali sacks military chiefs as Tuareg revolt grows 		 
06 Jun 2008 16:55:46 GMT
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Source: Reuters


By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, June 6 (Reuters) - Mali has replaced most of its military and security chiefs to improve leadership of its armed forces as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MALI: All it takes to save the lakes from climate change is money</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/mali-all-it-takes-to-save-the-lakes-from-climate-change-is-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN NEWS
MALI: All it takes to save the lakes from climate change is money
LAKE FAGUIBINE, 5 June 2008 (IRIN) - Ahmed Toure spends most days squatting beside the only surfaced road running through the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, his face and eyes shielded against the sand and dust by a traditional Touareg wrap [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mali army reports heavy clashes with Tuareg rebels 05-06-2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: AlertNet

Mali army reports heavy clashes with Tuareg rebels 		 
05 Jun 2008 16:34:38 GMT
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Source: Reuters


BAMAKO, June 5 (Reuters) - Mali&#8217;s armed forces are engaged in heavy fighting with Tuareg rebels after attacking their positions in the northeast Kidal region, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERVIEW-Climate, arms, drugs make lethal mix in Sahel</title>
		<link>http://sociolingomali.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/interview-climate-arms-drugs-make-lethal-mix-in-sahel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: AlertNet

INTERVIEW-Climate, arms, drugs make lethal mix in Sahel 		 
05 Jun 2008 17:20:08 GMT
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Source: Reuters


   * Aid urgently needed for one of earth&#8217;s poorest regions          * U.N. prefers dialogue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman from Mali who underwent circumcision fights for asylum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Sign On San Diego
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Alima Traore doesn&#8217;t remember when part of her genitals was removed as a young child in her native Mali. But even at 29, she still lives with the consequences.
There&#8217;s the pain, the fear of future medical problems, and a persistent feeling that she has been robbed of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Executive Board Approves US$45.7 Million PRGF Arrangement for Mali with Front-Loaded Disbursement to Address Higher Food and Fuel Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves US$45.7 Million PRGF Arrangement for Mali with Front-Loaded Disbursement to Address Higher Food and Fuel Prices
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2008/pr08126.htm
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		<title>Tuaregs flee to Burkina Faso to escape Mali fighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: AlertNet
Close to 1,000 Tuareg civilians have fled south from Mali into Burkina Faso to escape intensified fighting between the Malian army and Tuareg rebels, Red Cross officials in the Bukinabe capital said on Sunday.
Full story
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		<title>BURKINA FASO-MALI: Hundreds of Touareg refugees flee escalating violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 18:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: IRIN NEWS
BURKINA FASO-MALI: Hundreds of Touareg refugees flee escalating violence
OUAGADOUGOU, 29 May 2008 (IRIN) - Several hundred Malians fleeing fighting between the army and Touareg rebels in northern Mali have crossed the border into Burkina Faso since April, according to the Burkina Faso national commission for refugees (CONAREF).
Over 300 refugees, most of them women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WEST AFRICA: How can West Africa become more food-secure?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 08:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Source: IRIN NEWS
WEST AFRICA: How can West Africa become more food-secure?
DAKAR, 28 May (IRIN) - The global food and fuel price crisis presents a “strategic opportunity” to West African states to become more food-secure according to agricultural analysts, but they will only achieve this by committing 10 percent of state budgets to agriculture and better [...]]]></description>
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