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Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with a population of 14.5 million...

Timeline of Events

1861

3.10.1861

El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Segou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.

1960

6.20.1960

Independence of Mali and Senegal.

8.20.1960

Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring its independence.

9.22.1960

The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

9.28.1960

Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.

10.22.1960

Independence of Mali from France.

1992

1.12.1992

A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.