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Archaeologists from Geneva University in Switzerland have discovered what they claim is Africaa s oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali.

Bamako, Jul 10 Held parallel to the G-8 Summit the Summit of the Poor, that concludes Friday in Mali, hit a raw nerve on the problems affecting the poorest countries.

Archaeologists from Geneva University have discovered what they claim is Africa's oldest ceramic, dated at around 9,400BC, in eastern Mali.

BAMAKO: Al-Qaeda's North African branch claims to have killed 28 Malian soldiers in northern Mali, according to a US group that monitors militant Web sites.

The combining of Traditional Health care and Conventional Health Care is an important part of the Globalization of Health Care as a whole.

Malian singer Oumou Sangare promotes her new album, Seya , with a free concert this Thursday in the Pritzker Pavilion at 8 PM.

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.

In the 20 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, all West African countries have ratified it.

Lebel-Sur-Quevillon, Canada - "Some say that I'm practicing voodoo in the woods, but I'm just very efficient.

Interview with Malick Sidibe: "I Should Keep on Working Much More and Even Better" "When I began to take photographs, I never imaged that my photos would travel around the world." MADRID.- Since 1960, Malick Sidibe has produced photographs in his studio, Studio Malick, located in Bamako.

In a fifth-floor flat of a tower block near Pre Lachaise cemetery in Paris, 50-year-old Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, the co-founder of the brilliant African "desert blues" band Tinariwen, is talking about the first time he heard music.

The capital of Mali, Bamako, is a city rife with poverty that finds its riches in music.

Oumou Sangare's new album Seya is the artists first album in six years. June 25, 2009 - Oumou Sangare began singing at weddings and on the streets more than 25 years ago in Mali's musical metropolis, Bamako.

The 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival celebrates a long Independence Day weekend, July 2nd through July 5th, with performances by guitarist David Leisner, banjo sensation Bla Fleck, the Pacifica Quartet with pianist Jeremy Denk, and great American patriotic and popular music culminating in Caramoor's first-ever dazzling display of ...

"I will literally be going to Timbuktu" said David Koh.The Middletown native will be leaving July 9 to serve the next 27 months with the Peace Corps.

India and US will consult with public and private stakeholders, on how to bring down trade barriers and open markets for exporters as they discuss multilateral issues like the Doha round of world trade talks even as Washington expects New Delhi to take "bold steps" on trade liberalisation and economic reforms.

Seven Gambian Press Union executives and newspaper journalists arrested earlier this week were charged late Thursday.

Malian security forces have killed around 20 suspected Al-Qaeda followers in a raid near the Algerian border targeting a cell thought to have executed a British hostage, security sources said.

Bamako, June 17 : Mali's army has killed at least a dozen militants in an attack on an Al Qaeda base near the border with Algeria, a media report said Wednesday.