Amadou Toumani Toure News

Women in Mali are encouraging more men to use condoms to slow the spread of the virus that causes AIDS.

New family legislation giving more rights to Mali's women which was passed by parliament has caused an outcry among Muslim conservatives and forced President Amadou Toumani Toure to order a review.

Some 50,000 people demonstrate in Bamako to protest legislation that would boost women's rights in Mali, 22 Aug 2009 The president of Mali has declined to sign a controversial new family code that would have expanded women's rights.

The president of Mali has announced that he is not going to sign the country's new family law, instead returning it to parliament for review.

The adoption of a new family code aimed at gender equality in Mali has sparked protests and threats of violence.

The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that he will visit Mali from August 28 to 29.

Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas ElFassi and Gambian Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy also attended the swearing-in with officials from the African Union, which had roundly condemned the coup.

Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure, Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas ElFassi and Gambian Vice President Isatou Njie-Saidy also attended the swearing-in with officials from the African Union, which had roundly condemned the coup.

Civil war in Somalia and piracy along its coasts, political crises in Zimbabwe and in Madagascar, civil war in the Darfur region of Sudan, how to boost Africa's economy, starting with agriculture.

Malian President Amadou Toumani attended the graduation ceremony of Ufuk High School.

Sirte, Libya, June 1 Heads of State and other personalities of the African Union began in this central-north city of Libya the 13th Summit focused on analyzing the current regional political situation and agricultural investments.

Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure on Tuesday describe d the death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo Odimba as 'a great loss for Africa, ' stressing that he worked throughout his life to build a thriving Africa.

Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure will make a state visit to Austria from 25 to 27 May in the company of his wife Lobo Traore.

Diawoye Keita had been living in France for 16 years before he was deported back to Mali at the end of last year.

US President Barack Obama is expected to pay a two-day sta te visit to Ghana in July, according to a statement issued in Accra on Saturday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.

QAEDA'S North African branch has threatened to execute a captive Briton if the British government does not release a Muslim cleric within 20 days, SITE Intelligence Group reported on Sunday.

The president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure, conferred orders on the Minister in the Presidency Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the presidency announced on Saturday.