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May 12, 2022
The continent saw 500 IS terrorist incidents in 2021, resulting in the deaths of more than 2,900 people, a senior…
January 16, 2022
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita took office in a landmark election held after a destabilizing coup, himself ousted later in another military…
January 9, 2022
The sanctions mark the steepest consequences for Mali to date, and include land and air border closures with some other…
October 24, 2021
Col. Assimi Goita seized power in August 2020 by overthrowing Mali’s democratically elected president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
May 30, 2021
Leaders of the West African regional bloc gathered in Ghana for an emergency summit on Mali in response to the…
Colorism
May 5, 2021
A Malian woman has given birth to nine babies after only expecting seven, Mali’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
Professor Ramata Sissoko Cissé
September 30, 2019
Ramata Sissoko Cissé, an assistant professor of biology at Georgia Gwinnett College, is Internet famous after her photo went viral.
Mali
March 25, 2019
Government officials in Mali are attempting to prevent more bloodshed between Dogon people who say a group of Fulani tribesmen…
Albino thegrio.com AP
November 19, 2018
Singer-songwriter and albino activist Salif Keita assembled an international forum on protecting albino people in Africa.
Mamoudou Gassama thegriot.com
May 28, 2018
Footage shows Mamoudou Gassama climbing a building up four stories in order to save a little who was dangling from…
November 23, 2015
What is behind American reactions to the Syrian refugees? Unfortunately, it’s very simple: America has an Islamophobia problem. And in…
June 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A mother whose daughter was allegedly abducted by her estranged husband has laid eyes on her 5-year-old…
April 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Noelle Hunter will fly out to the African nation in early June following the recent news…
March 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A distraught mother whose daughter has been abducted has launched a campaign on the White House petition…
February 28, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - Amar'e Stoudemire, 30, is a professional basketball player, author, motivational speaker and dedicated philanthropist..
December 11, 2012
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that…
December 5, 2011
SOKOLO, Mali (AP) - Each time they go to lengths to exchange greetings, ask for permission and act neighborly, according…
October 24, 2011
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - While Western powers heralded Gadhafi's demise, many Africans were gathering at mosques built with Gadhafi's money…