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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BAMAKO1114 |
MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...] |
2006-10-06 14:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID ML |
| 06BAMAKO1154 |
EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION, IBK'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PARM ML |
| 06BAMAKO1198 |
RPM FANS FEARS THAT TOURE PLANS PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO1237 |
MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1243 |
SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1244 |
TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 08:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1290 |
SCENESETTER FOR ATT'S TRIP TO U.S. TO WITNESS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-07 17:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO1348 |
MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1359 |
MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1361 |
CALCULATIONS SHIFT AS FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1372 |
MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...] |
2006-12-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML |
| 06BAMAKO1373 |
RPM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1415 |
CANVASSING BAMAKO VOTERS: T-SHIRTS, CASH AND COLD [...] Summary: The Embassy called on fish vendors in the heart of Bamako's largest market to measure grassroots support for newly proclaimed presidential contender Soumeylou Boubey Maiga. Echoing the sentiments of local fruit sellers (reftel), fish vendors regard Maiga as an attractive presidenti [...] |
2006-12-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EAGR PGOV KDEM ML |
| 06BAMAKO1417 |
GRAMMY WINNER JOINS CALL FOR MALI TO DEFEND IPR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ML |
| 06BAMAKO1423 |
Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API), including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...] |
2006-12-19 10:08:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML |
| 06BAMAKO1432 |
POLICE OFFER TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO UNION LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the National Union of Higher Education (SNESUP), who have accused Minister of Education Mamadou Lamine Traore of attempts at intimidation during their month-long strike, were pleasantly surprised by a local police offer of enhanced security for strike leaders. While [...] |
2006-12-20 09:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO1433 |
WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 06BAMAKO401 |
LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...] |
2006-04-04 19:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO421 |
ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY [...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...] |
2006-04-07 13:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO443 |
THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...] |
2006-04-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML |
| 06BAMAKO520 |
PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...] |
2006-05-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV |
| 06BAMAKO521 |
FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS [...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...] |
2006-05-08 16:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML |
| 06BAMAKO576 |
SARKOZY MAKES FEW FRIENDS IN BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 18 French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy completed a candid and at times confrontational two-day visit to Mali. Hyped as a chance for Sarkozy to articulate his vision of future France-Africa relations and hone his image as a French presidential candidate, the visit [...] |
2006-05-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ML |
| 06BAMAKO577 |
ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL - [...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...] |
2006-05-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML |
| 06BAMAKO578 |
EAC DECISIONS REGARDING ATTACKS IN KIDAL AND [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting at 1400 following reports of apparently coordinated attacks on Malian military bases in Kidal and Menaka. The results of the EAC meeting are noted below. 2. (C) The Embassy's RSO confirmed that no tier one tripwires have been re [...] |
2006-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML |
| 06BAMAKO914 |
AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML |
| 07BAMAKO1006 |
GUNFIGHT IN THE DESERT: A TUAREG DESCRIBES COMBAT [...] (C) Tuareg leader Dayti ag Sidimou described the fire fight between Tuareg tribesmen and the Al Qaida of the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) that occurred October 23, 2006 (reftel A) to Embassy officers. Sidimou says that he was present and wounded during the encounter, and reported that Tuareg forces [...] |
2007-09-12 11:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER MARR ML |
| 07BAMAKO1028 |
MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS BILATERAL WITH [...] During a meeting to discuss the situation in northern Mali with the Ambassador September 18 (septel), Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane reiterated his intention to attend the UNGA in September (reftel). He also requested a bilateral meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, either in Wash [...] |
2007-09-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL USUN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1029 |
WAITING FOR ALGERIA: MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane asked to see the Ambassador on September 18 to discuss the situation in northern Mali, and to underline Mali's appreciation for U.S. diplomatic and material support, particularly the recent airlift of food supplies to its besieged garrison at Tinzawaten. The [...] |
2007-09-18 17:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL ASEC PINS ML |
| 07BAMAKO1128 |
NEW MALIAN CABINET NAMED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 15:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO1196 |
SITUATION OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN BAMAKO [...] Mamadou Sidibe, the acting director of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee's (UNHCR) office in Mali, told the Embassy on October 10 that UNHCR was unable to provide further assistance to the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako, effectively abandoning the Congolese to their fate on [...] |
2007-10-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM ML |
| 07BAMAKO1205 |
A HERBICIDE BY ANY OTHER NAME KILLS JUST AS SWEET: [...] SUMMARY: An ongoing legal case brought by U.S. based Dow Chemical Company against a Chinese competitor demonstrates the difficulties posed by trademark infringement and corrupt judicial practices to Western importers in Mali. Dow's product, a herbicide labeled Gallant Super, found itself up [...] |
2007-10-22 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 07BAMAKO1222 |
TUAREG LEADERS STILL WAITING FOR BAHANGA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML |
| 07BAMAKO1223 |
"WAHHABIS" AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] Summary: Some external observers have become increasingly concerned over a segment of Malian Muslims frequently described as "Wahhabi" (ref A), fearing that those so labeled are likely to advance a radical agenda. This concern stems from confusion, rooted in expedient if inaccurate labels d [...] |
2007-10-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL EAID SOCI PHUM IFR PTER PINR PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO1254 |
MALIAN SOLDIERS KILL TUAREG GENDARME IN GAO [...] On October 17 Assaleh ag Mohamed, an ethnic Tuareg and former rebel who was integrated into the Malian gendarmarie in 1996, was killed by members of the Malian regular army in Gao. Unofficial sources in Gao report that the killing occurred in a garage area within the confines of a Malian mi [...] |
2007-10-25 14:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC PINS ML |
| 07BAMAKO1255 |
MALIAN SOLDIERS KILL TUAREG GENDARME IN GAO [...] On October 17 Assaleh ag Mohamed, an ethnic Tuareg and former rebel who was integrated into the Malian gendarmarie in 1996, was killed by members of the Malian regular army in Gao. Unofficial sources in Gao report that the killing occurred in a garage area within the confines of a Malian mi [...] |
2007-10-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC PINS ML |
| 07BAMAKO1261 |
DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR IAAC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 08:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1262 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 08:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1263 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA ML |
| 07BAMAKO1264 |
DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 08:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ML |
| 07BAMAKO1274 |
UNHCR REFUSES TO CLARIFY ITS ROLE OR MAKE [...] The Embassy contacted UNHCR/Mali's Director Adama Kouyate on October 29 to inquire about the status of humanitarian assistance supposedly earmarked by UNHCR's Geneva headquarters for the 27 Congolese refugees now in Bamako (ref A). Director Kouyate claimed he was unaware of UNHCR Geneva's de [...] |
2007-10-29 17:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM ML |
| 07BAMAKO1276 |
MALI TRAVEL ALERT: BAMAKO AIRPORT CLOSURES AND [...] The Community of Democracies Ministerial Conference is scheduled for Bamako, Mali from Nov. 14-17. The Conference is expected to attract between 1500 and 3000 attendees, and visitors are likely to encounter significant difficulties making hotel and flight reservations during this time. 2. [...] |
2007-10-30 16:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR SOCI OVIP OTRA CASC ML |
| 07BAMAKO1279 |
MALI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL AORC UNGA |
| 07BAMAKO1296 |
PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO MCC CRITERIA CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ECON EAGR ML |
| 07BAMAKO1316 |
MALI BLOCKS TAIWAN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador had several conversations with officials at the Foreign Ministry about Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) participation in the NGO portion of the Bamako Community of Democracies ministerial. In a November 2 discussion, Dr. Oumar Makalou the coordinator of the civil society [...] |
2007-11-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TW ML |
| 07BAMAKO1321 |
FOR WHOM THE WHISTLE BLOWS: AN OFFICE DU NIGER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCOR EAGR PGOV KDEM ML |
| 07BAMAKO1322 |
A SURE BET: HORSE-BETTING FILLS MALI STATE'S [...] Summary: On October 25 off-track horse-betting fans in Mali were able, for the first time, to place bets on real-time horse races beamed direct from race tracks in France. The two live-feed offices complement what has become, since 1994, one of the most profitable state-owned enterprises in [...] |
2007-11-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1324 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-09 11:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO1325 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MALI ON FAO EVALUATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR FAO UN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1336 |
MUSLIM LEADERS CHALLENGE ATT OVER DEATH PENALTY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PHUM KWMN PINR ML |
| 07BAMAKO1347 |
TRANSLATION REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-21 10:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ML |
| 07BAMAKO1348 |
ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR MALI [...] In response to reftel, Post proposes to grant 175,000 dollars to NDI to provide support for the municipal elections, planned for March 2009. The April 2007 presidential elections posed many challenges, including the use of the single ballot and voter registration problems. The participation r [...] |
2007-11-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO1356 |
POLICE IN GAO FOIL ALLEGED ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 16:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR ML |
| 07BAMAKO1357 |
POLICE TEAR GAS ISLAMIC GROUP IN BAMAKO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PHUM PINR PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO1361 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY IN MALI - MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS ASEC ML |
| 07BAMAKO1363 |
VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE TO MALI, [...] Summary: The Deputy Secretary's November 14-15 visit to Mali as head of the U.S. delegation to the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial reaffirmed our strong bilateral ties and sent a clear message of support for Mali's CD Presidency. During the CD Meeting, the Deputy met with represen [...] |
2007-11-28 11:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO1364 |
ATT: HOSTAGES WILL BE RELEASED IN TWO, THREE OR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL ML AG |
| 07BAMAKO1365 |
READOUT OF MEETINGS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS TOURE AND [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL PINS AL |
| 07BAMAKO1366 |
TUAREG REBEL LEADER AG GHALI ASSIGNED TO SAUDI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PREL PINS ML |
| 07BAMAKO1367 |
AMBASSADOR DANILOVICH'S VISIT TO MALI: MCC SCORECARD, [...] Summary: During his recent visit to Mali, MCC CEO Ambassador Danilovich discussed the MCC's Scorecard with Malian Prime Minister Modibo Sidibe November 14. MCC officials held a series of follow-on meetings with Malians to develop plans to address issues raised by the scorecard. Danilovich a [...] |
2007-11-29 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA ML |
| 07BAMAKO1384 |
CHAPLAINS' VISIT SPURS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit of three U.S. military chaplains to Mali launched useful discussions with military and civilian leaders that emphasized the positive role of religion in America and countered impressions held by some that the United States was anti-Muslim. The chaplains, including t [...] |
2007-12-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ECON EAGR KISL ML |
| 07BAMAKO1389 |
HOSTAGE RELEASE RUMORED FOR DECEMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINR PINS PREL ML |
| 07BAMAKO1397 |
TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCO) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN ML |
| 07BAMAKO1404 |
SURGE IN MALIAN DRUG BUSTS [...] SUMMARY: A large recent number of significant drug seizures despite no appreciable resource increase to the woefully underfunded and undermanned Anti-Drug Brigade points to a rapid increase in drug-trafficking through Mali. Many of the drug-traffickers detained were Nigerians traveling to E [...] |
2007-12-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ETRD ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO161 |
A ROCKY FUTURE 30 METERS DOWN--MORE THAN GOLD IN [...] SUMMARY: The Kayes region of western Mali offers significant mining opportunities beyond the gold reserves already under production, but for the moment exploitation rests with artisanal miners producing small quantities of Garnet, Prehnite, and Agate. The Ministry of Mines has encouraged the [...] |
2007-02-13 17:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO166 |
MALI ON AFRICOM: PUT THE HEADQUARTERS HERE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on the establishment of AFRICOM to the Chief of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Diarra, on February 12. Diarra welcomed the move; when told no decision had been made on the location of the headquarters, his immediate response [...] |
2007-02-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO167 |
ALGERIAN OIL COMPANY LANDS EXPLORATION RIGHTS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EPET ETRD ML |
| 07BAMAKO169 |
ATT ELEVATOR INCIDENT TRIGGERS SECURITY [...] (U) On February 10 President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT), Prime Minister Ousmane Issoufi Maiga, and Health Minister Maiga Zeinab Mint Youba spent 30 uncomfortable minutes trapped in the elevator of Bamako's newly renovated Gabriel Toure hospital. The Malian government spent approximately USD [...] |
2007-02-15 16:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ML |
| 07BAMAKO170 |
INTERNAL CORRUPTION REPORT TARGETS OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-16 11:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO374 |
KIDAL FORUM BRINGS CLOSURE TO TUAREG REBELLION [...] (C) Summary: The Kidal forum, organized to bring closure to a Tuareg uprising in May, 2006, brought together senior Malian government officials, including the President and Prime Minister, Tuareg leaders, and representatives from a broad range of donor countries to address the persistent po [...] |
2007-04-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO394 |
SOCEUR AIRLIFT PROMOTES PEACE IN NORTHERN MALI [...] Cable provides text of letter from Ambassador McCulley to RADM William H. McRaven, Commander SOCEUR, concerning airlift support provided to the Kidal Forum in Northern Mali from 23-24 March: Dear Admiral McRaven: I write to thank you and the US Special Operations Command for your suppor [...] |
2007-04-05 16:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO505 |
ALL IS NOT QUIET ON THE NORTHERN FRONT [...] (C) A flurry of press releases and internet blogs indicating that the Tuareg militant group ADC (Alliance Democratique du Mai 23 pour le Changement), frustrated over the slow implementation of the Algiers Accords, has returned to the hills is likely limited to only to Ibrahim Bahanga and a fe [...] |
2007-05-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO522 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONFIRMS PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY [...] The Malian Constitutional Court on June 9th confirmed President Toure's victory in the April 29th election (reftel) with 71 percent of the votes cast. 2. The decision by the Constitutional Court makes President Toure's victory official. Security forces were in heightened alert around Bam [...] |
2007-05-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO524 |
BANDITRY OR REBELLION: TUAREGS AND MALIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) The confrontation between Ibrahim Bahanga and the Malian army (reftel) in Tin-zawatene turned violent 11 May when Bahanga allegedly launched an early morning attack; embassy sources indicated that three Malian soldiers were killed and two wounded. Bahanga's casualties were not reporte [...] |
2007-05-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO55 |
THE WRONG PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING: ELECTORAL [...] All of Mali's major political parties were among thirty-four signatories in a ceremony January 11 to inaugurate an electoral "Code of Conduct." The code was developed in conjunction with the National Democratic Institute and a Dutch NGO in advance of Mali's 2007 Presidential and Legislative [...] |
2007-01-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO554 |
UPDATE ON MAY 11 ATTACK AT TINZAWATENE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-23 17:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO559 |
MALIAN MILITARY LOOKING FOR 3000 NEW RECRUITS [...] (U) Col. Abdoulaye Coulibaly, the Malian military's Director of Information and Public Relations, told the Embassy on May 23 that the Malian military hoped to enlist 3000 new soldiers during the 2007 recruiting drive that ended last week. Local newspapers reported that many potential recrui [...] |
2007-05-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ASEC MCAP ML |
| 07BAMAKO587 |
REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI ON BAHANGA, ALGIERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ML |
| 07BAMAKO594 |
ALL IN THE FAMILY: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-01 15:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ML |
| 07BAMAKO675 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA ML |
| 07BAMAKO676 |
PRESIDENT TOURE'S INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-19 07:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV PTER ML |
| 07BAMAKO696 |
GOVERNMENT WORKERS STRIKE OVER COST OF LIVING [...] Government and some private sector workers went on strike June 26 to protest the failure to address cost of living and pay issues agreed to during collective bargaining negotiations in 2006. The UNTM (National Union of Malian Workers) called for the two day "warning strike" after discussions [...] |
2007-06-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV ECON ML |
| 07BAMAKO70 |
ALL THE TEA IN MALI; A LOOK AT CHINESE ECONOMIC [...] Summary: Chinese tea imports have captured nearly the entire Malian market in just one generation, replacing prior sources and trade routes that existed for several centuries. In a story line that reveals much about China's emerging dominance in consumer goods in Africa, Chinese traders helped [...] |
2007-01-23 10:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR ML |
| 07BAMAKO717 |
CHILD TRAFFICKERS AWAITING COURT DECISION [...] Alleged Ivoirian child traffickers Bernard Assouman Yao and Simon Djehi Bi Ta remain in custody in Sikasso following their arrest in March 2007 for allegedly attempting to traffic 46 young men from Cote d'Ivoire to Europe. If convicted, they will be the first traffickers punished under Mali [...] |
2007-07-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
| 07BAMAKO74 |
LONG-AWAITED MALIAN CABINET SHUFFLE APPEARS [...] (U) A long-anticipated cabinet reshuffle may finally be here, according to a recent article likely written by Minister of Communications Gaoussou Drabo. The article, under the pseudonym "Khalifa," indicated that "things should clarify soon" and enter the terminal phase of the pre-electoral p [...] |
2007-01-25 16:43:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO782 |
MALI EXPLORING CONTRIBUTION OF TROOPS FOR THE [...] (U) Reftel demarche was delivered jointly by DATT and POLOFF to Brigadier General Salif Traore, the Secretary General for the Malian Ministry of Defense. Embassy made clear that it understood Mali was under pressure to address conflicting priorities, specifically given the need to dedicate r [...] |
2007-07-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC MASS ML |
| 07BAMAKO878 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONCEDES FRAUD BUT VALIDATES [...] The Malian Constitutional Court announced the final decisions for the July National Assembly Elections (reftel), overturning some results in Koulikiro, Timbuktu, and Goundam. The changes did not significantly alter the overall results that left ADEMA and the URD with the lion's share of the 1 [...] |
2007-08-13 17:14:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO931 |
FIFTEEN MALIAN SOLDIERS KIDNAPPED EAST OF KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ML |
| 07BAMAKO960 |
TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN [...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...] |
2007-08-31 07:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML |
| 07BAMAKO961 |
TUAREGS AND ARABS CLASH OVER DRUGS AND CASH IN [...] (C) Sources in Kidal reported to us that a two vehicle convoy carrying cocaine under the protection of Kidal-based smuggler Hama Moussa was reportedly stopped in Mauritania sometime between 13-15 August near the Mauritanian village of Arikchach (actual location and/or spelling unknown) by Ber [...] |
2007-08-31 07:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PINS PREL PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO168 |
MALI'S INPUT ON WEST AFRICA ICT CONFERENCE [...] In response to reftel, Embassy discussed the upcoming West Africa ICT conference in Accra with Dr. Mamadou Diallo, Telecommunications Specialist at the Ministry of Communications, who also attended the last ICT conference in San Francisco. He stated that mobile phone technology is the fastes [...] |
2008-02-19 07:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECPS ECON ML |
| 08BAMAKO199 |
ALL THAT GLITTERS COULD BE ZINC: ARRESTS HIGHLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: Gold has become the centerpiece of the Malian government's budget, but the recent arrest of gold smugglers highlights the risky nature of exporting gold. Three foreign nationals were caught red-handed trying to smuggle what may - or may not - have been three bags of gold through Cust [...] |
2008-02-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ML |
| 08BAMAKO204 |
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO209 |
AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF HELP BENEFICIARIES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 05:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ML |
| 08BAMAKO217 |
GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR |
| 08BAMAKO219 |
GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH MALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR |
| 08BAMAKO221 |
(S/NF) MALI'S REGULATION OF EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS [...] (S/NF) Mali does not yet have a law place to regulate the purchase, concentrations, and use of referenced explosive precursors (reftels). However, according to Mr. Abdramane Sidibe, the Chief of the Regulation and Control Division at the Ministry of Agriculture, the Council of Ministers appr [...] |
2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PINR EAGR PTER ML |
| 08BAMAKO222 |
IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ML |
| 08BAMAKO223 |
MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC ML |
| 08BAMAKO236 |
MALI'S INPUT ON REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO238 |
MALI NAMES NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO239 |
TRIBAL FAULT LINES WITHIN THE TUAREG OF NORTHERN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO243 |
DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: A WEST AFRICAN IPR CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 08:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 08BAMAKO256 |
BAHANGA RELEASES PRISONERS AFTER QUIET NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-11 15:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO288 |
LEADER OF MALIAN HAMALLIYYA DISCUSSES AQIM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 14:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PTER ML |
| 08BAMAKO290 |
AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO292 |
DPRK MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO295 |
MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-21 11:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO299 |
MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO305 |
MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PTER ML |
| 08BAMAKO312 |
MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] |
2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO313 |
MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] |
2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO320 |
BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO325 |
MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO339 |
TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO346 |
MALIAN MUSLIMS PEACEFULLY PROTEST AGAINST DUTCH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-09 07:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP KISL ML |
| 08BAMAKO353 |
MALI BEGINS SIX MONTH CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 16:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO357 |
ENGAGING WITH MALI ON NORTHERN INSECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Concerned by continuing instability in the north and the absence of a clear path towards its resolution, the Ambassador called separately on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) and Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane on April 8 and 9 to exchange views on the evolution of the situation [...] |
2008-04-11 12:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS ML |
| 08BAMAKO364 |
AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO366 |
EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
| 08BAMAKO371 |
BERABICHE AND AQIM IN NORTHERN MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-17 11:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO375 |
UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO385 |
COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO391 |
PRICES RISE IN MALI: BAD, BUT NOT YET CRITICAL [...] SUMMARY: Urban consumers are becoming increasingly concerned as prices of basic commodities skyrocket in Bamako while the government attempts to implement measures to reduce pressure on the cost of living. An informal survey in the local markets gives a picture of the extent of the price hi [...] |
2008-04-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO396 |
EFFORTS CONTINUE TO SAVE MALI'S ELEPHANTS [...] SUMMARY: An estimated 550 to 700 elephants in Mali's Gourma region are threatened by drying climate, landscape degradation, and increasing human contact. The Malian herd is the northernmost group of elephants in west Africa and the only surviving group in the Sahel. International conservat [...] |
2008-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ML |
| 08BAMAKO414 |
MALIAN MILLITARY CONVOY REPELS ATTACK BY BANDITS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR MASS MARR PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO415 |
UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML |
| 08BAMAKO419 |
ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-06 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO435 |
BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 17:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO446 |
TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO462 |
OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO463 |
TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-21 16:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO469 |
MALI'S RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO ML |
| 08BAMAKO482 |
MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO484 |
MALI'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO END FOOD EXPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON TBIO ML |
| 08BAMAKO485 |
WORKING WITH THE MALIANS ON SAHEL SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-30 13:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PREL ML AG |
| 08BAMAKO491 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR ML |
| 08BAMAKO493 |
U.S. PARTICIPATION IN MALI'S JUNE 12-13 DONOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO507 |
A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL |
| 08BAMAKO558 |
FOREIGN MINISTER OUANE SAYS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO559 |
AGOA FORUM INVITATIONS IN MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO567 |
TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 15:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO569 |
PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO574 |
THE ANSAR DINE MOVEMENT AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PHUM SOCI PTER ML |
| 08BAMAKO575 |
MALI HOLDS ROUNDTABLE IN BAMAKO FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AORC EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO589 |
PRIVATIZATION OF MALI'S STATE-OWNED COTTON COMPANY [...] Summary: On May 28 Mali's Council of Ministers' passed a draft law authorizing the sale of government stock in the cotton parastatal, Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT), marking a major step in the World Bank-sponsored reconstruction of the Malian cotton sector. The text now goes to [...] |
2008-06-24 14:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD ML |
| 08BAMAKO599 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON A DISCOURAGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 20 farewell call on the Minister of Territorial Administration found General Kafougouna Kone upbeat about the Mali-U.S. relationship, but discouraged on prospects for peace in northern Mali. Kone, who is extraordinarily close to President Amadou Toumani To [...] |
2008-06-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER |
| 08BAMAKO606 |
SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-30 16:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO610 |
DISTANCES AND DISORGANIZATION HAMPER ASSESSMENT OF [...] Summary: On June 26 the Embassy met with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Andreas Schmidt to discuss the living conditions of populations displaced by fighting in northern Mali. A hand-written report sent to the Embassy by the Director of the Malian Red Cross in Kida [...] |
2008-07-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID SOCI ML |
| 08BAMAKO623 |
FORMER BERBICHE REBEL ALIGNS WITH TUAREG ADC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO624 |
NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO627 |
TRIPARTITE MEETING ON ALGIERS ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AG ML |
| 08BAMAKO633 |
DEMARCHE ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION CONGRESS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO ML |
| 08BAMAKO634 |
DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EUN PREL UN KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO636 |
AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] (C) Summary: President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) effusively praised the state of U.S.-Malian relations during the Ambassador's July 3 farewell call, citing specifically the Millennium Challenge Compact and bilateral military cooperation. The president said he was reluctant to see an exchan [...] |
2008-07-07 16:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO639 |
NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER: ONE CARJACKING AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO648 |
UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-10 09:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO650 |
MALI'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AGOA FORUM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-11 08:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PODC EINV EFIN EAID ML |
| 08BAMAKO660 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TERRORISM LAW BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-16 08:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PTER PHUM EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV |
| 08BAMAKO666 |
MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO667 |
DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-18 08:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM ML |
| 08BAMAKO675 |
TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO676 |
SAHEL-SAHARA SECURITY SUMMIT NOW SCHEDULED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO684 |
FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-28 13:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO695 |
MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-31 17:24:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML |
| 08BAMAKO696 |
PRESIDENT TOURE TO ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 08:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ML |
| 08BAMAKO702 |
JUSTICE SLOW FOR VICTIMS OFSLAVERY IN NORTHERN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-04 21:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOI ELAB ML |
| 08BAMAKO707 |
MALIANS RELEASE FIVE CHILD TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS [...] On June 20 Malian judicial authorities the western town of Kita released three individuals arrested in March for allegedly trafficking 26 children (Ref. A). The individuals were released on their own recognizance in advance of their trial date, which has not yet been set. The public prosecu [...] |
2008-08-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS ML |
| 08BAMAKO712 |
DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO721 |
TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO722 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PRIVATIZATION OF COTTON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV PGOV KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO735 |
MALIAN PRESIDENT CONDEMNS COUP TO MAURITANIAN ENVOY [...] (C) During his August 19 meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Leavitt (septel), Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) said that he had spoken to the Mauritanian military and expressed his condemnation of their actions. ATT told them that he, too, had been a soldier wh [...] |
2008-08-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC MR ML |
| 08BAMAKO758 |
MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Dueling Demarches: Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Lamine Keita August 29 to discuss reftel demarche urging that Mali join in rejecting Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Ambassador Keita pointed to a paper on his coffee table, and said it [...] |
2008-09-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RU KV |
| 08BAMAKO759 |
CHILD PROTECTION OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO778 |
NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-09 16:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
| 08BAMAKO779 |
MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO785 |
BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
| 08BAMAKO786 |
MALI ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Charge discussed issues in reftel with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ambassador Keita on September 5. The Ambassador had in previous meetings looked forward to active consultation with the U.S. on UNGA positions, and so welcomed in particular the consultative nature of sev [...] |
2008-09-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN ML |
| 08BAMAKO787 |
FALL 2008 SEPQ RESPONSE-BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Embassy Bamako responses to the security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) are as follows: --------------------------- 2. (S) Political Violence --------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS: A. Are there any ethnic or religious groups in country that are capable of carryin [...] |
2008-09-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC |
| 08BAMAKO796 |
MALIAN DELEGATION TO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO798 |
MALI'S MCC COMPACT ENTERS IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ECON EAGR ML |
| 08BAMAKO799 |
MALI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR UNAIDS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KHIV UNGA |
| 08BAMAKO800 |
POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO806 |
FY07 SELF HELP REPORT FOR MALI [...] Summary. The Embassy Self Help Committee used its FY 07 allocation of USD 80,000 to fund 15 projects in the areas of education, health, food production, income generation and economic development. Direct beneficiaries of these projects totaled more than 77,000 people. An estimated 65 percen [...] |
2008-09-23 09:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SOCI PHUM ML |
| 08BAMAKO812 |
OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER'S TALLY OF PUBLIC OPINION IN [...] Summary: On September 18 Info-Matin, a Malian daily often highly critical of President Amadou Toumani Toure, published the results of its annual pseudo-scientific public opinion poll. The poll asked readers' opinions on a variety of issues including President Toure's management of the Tuareg [...] |
2008-09-26 07:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO817 |
MALI: REQUEST FOR 1206 EQUIPMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MASS PTER PREL ML |
| 08BAMAKO821 |
MALI CREATES UNIT FOR COUNTERING TERRORIST [...] On September 25 the Embassy met with former Minister of Housing Modibo Sylla and Customs Inspector Seydou Diawara to discuss Mali's newly created financial information unit (CNTIF). The CNTIF was created in May 2008 to comply with requirements of the West African Monetary Union (UEMOA) and s [...] |
2008-10-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTFN SNAR PTER ML |
| 08BAMAKO822 |
MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RESIGNS AMID FRAUD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-01 14:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR ML |
| 08BAMAKO824 |
FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-03 10:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG |
| 08BAMAKO831 |
NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF POLICE SHAKES UP POLICE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 11:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI ML |
| 08BAMAKO835 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 05:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TBIO KHIV ML |
| 08BAMAKO846 |
DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC IR ML |
| 08BAMAKO867 |
ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO875 |
CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP |
| 08BAMAKO876 |
UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML |
| 08BAMAKO881 |
BURKINA TSCTP MEMBERSHIP AND LATEST ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER XA XI ML |
| 08BAMAKO883 |
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAPTURE MINDS AND HEARTS OF MALIAN AUDIENCES [...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Bamako's public outreach on the 2008 Presidential elections began in May 2008 in the northern city of Gao and culminated in a festive election night party attended by several hundred Malian notables on November 4. The election night party attracted many of Mali's senior [...] |
2008-11-12 13:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO ML KISL PINR |
| 08BAMAKO884 |
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CAPTURE MINDS AND HEARTS OF MALIAN AUDIENCES [...] Summary: U.S. Embassy Bamako's public outreach on the 2008 Presidential elections began in May 2008 in the northern city of Gao and culminated in a festive election night party attended by several hundred Malian notables on November 4. The election night party attracted many of Mali's senior [...] |
2008-11-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO ML KISL PINR |
| 08BAMAKO888 |
THE LIBERATION OF AQIM'S AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES: AN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO889 |
BAMAKO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 14, the Ambassador chaired Bamako's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). In attendance were the acting DCM, RAO, Pol/Econ, Con, USAID, DAO and RSO. 2. (S/NF) RAO briefed EAC members that the Government of Mali (GOM) authorities briefed their office that AQIM had acquired 2 [...] |
2008-11-14 11:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC |
| 08BAMAKO896 |
THIRD COMMITTEE AND UNAIDS DEMARCHE RESPONSES [...] The Embassy delivered reftel A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs, Sekouba Cisse, on November 17. Director Cisse said Mali would take our recommendation regarding no-action motions into account and promised to relay this information to his superiors. 2. We als [...] |
2008-11-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID KHIV UNGA ML |
| 08BAMAKO897 |
A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PINS ML |
| 08BAMAKO898 |
ARAB-TUAREG TENSIONS IN LERE RISE AFTER SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO901 |
NORTHERN MALI: ALGIERS ACCORDS OPTIMISM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO902 |
ADC MEMBER WARNS HOSTAGE TAKING IS NORTHERN MALI'S [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO907 |
MALI'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO MAURITANIA IN HOLDING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO908 |
MALI: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AND [...] The Embassy delivered demarche on UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Amadou Toure, the Deputy Director of Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, on November 24 (Ref. A). Toure said he would pass the information on to his superiors, but made no substantive comment beyond noting that [...] |
2008-11-25 08:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNGA |
| 08BAMAKO918 |
TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO920 |
GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM LAW ENACTED IN MALI [...] On November 13, the Malian National Assembly passed legislation regulating the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Mali. Originally submitted to the Assembly in 2006, the GMO legislation had sparked controversy due to the complexity of the issue and the opposition of Mali's well- [...] |
2008-12-01 12:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO EAGR PGOV TBIO ML |
| 08BAMAKO932 |
TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-11 09:45:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO937 |
MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...] |
2008-12-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML |
| 08BAMAKO938 |
MALI: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO PREL PGOV ML |
| 08BAMAKO942 |
NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML |
| 08BAMAKO943 |
MALI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION AUDITOR HAS AUDIT PROBLEMS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM ML |
| 08BAMAKO954 |
(S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO955 |
MALI: DEMARCHE ON HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 08BAMAKO956 |
MALI: AU PSC TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL USAU MR ML |
| 08BAMAKO957 |
MALI: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-22 14:25:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO ML |
| 08BAMAKO960 |
ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO968 |
EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-29 16:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML |
| 08BAMAKO970 |
GOVERNMENT OF NIGER QUIETLY LOOKING FOR MISSING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-30 16:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR ML |
| 08BAMAKO971 |
PRESIDENT TOURE MEETS CNDD DELEGATION FROM GUINEA [...] Senior members of Guinea's newly formed National Council for Development and Democracy (CNDD) met with President Amadou Toumani Toure in Bamako on December 30. The Guinean delegation was led by CNDD vice president Brigadier General Mamadou "Toto" Camara. According to Mali's state-run media, [...] |
2008-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ML |
| 09BAMAKO104 |
A SPOONFUL OF CHINESE SUGAR SOURS U.S. INVESTORS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO105 |
A TUAREG PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN 2012? [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 14:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO106 |
A FAMILIAR NAME SURFACES IN SEARCH FOR CANADIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PREL ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO107 |
THIS WEEK IN NORTHERN MALI: REBEL DISARMAMENT AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PTER PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO111 |
BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI ELAB ML |
| 09BAMAKO112 |
JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IN KITA DISCUSS 2008 CHILD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KTIP PGOV ML |
| 09BAMAKO118 |
A CHINESE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER NIGER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID CH ECON EIND ETRD EINT ML |
| 09BAMAKO12 |
TALKS BETWEEN MALI AND TUAREG REBELS BREAK DOWN IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO122 |
MALI: EXTENDING THE AMBASSADOR'S GIRLS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS ASEC KPAO ML |
| 09BAMAKO125 |
MALI: U.S. IRAQ POLICY TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS ML IZ |
| 09BAMAKO128 |
WITH EYE ON 2012, SECOND LARGEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO135 |
(S) TUAREGS LOOKING TO ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS; [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-05 10:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINS PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO138 |
MALI: PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-06 06:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO141 |
AQIM TACTICS FORCE RED CROSS TO RECONSIDER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-06 11:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PINS PINR ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO145 |
CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Post is not aware of any critical infrastructure or key resources in Mali that meet the criteria laid out in reftel. MILOVANOVIC [...] |
2009-03-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ML |
| 09BAMAKO146 |
PRESIDENT TOURE'S BOOSTERS FACE IDENTITY CRISIS AS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO15 |
WHAT ARE WE MARCHING FOR? ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL SMIG ML |
| 09BAMAKO151 |
MALI FORECASTS A CHANCE OF OIL FOR 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five years into its renewed push for oil exploration (Ref. A), Mali has yet to strike black gold. During a January 4 speech to the nation, however, President Amadou Toumani Toure served up a rather optimistic New Year's resolution: Malian oil would flow by the end of June 2009. T [...] |
2009-03-13 09:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO155 |
MAYOR OF ANDERAMBOUKANE DISCUSSES AQIM KIDNAPPINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PREL ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO163 |
PROMINENT TUAREG'S VIEW OF ARAB MILITIAS, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-18 15:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO167 |
MALI'S REALITY: WHAT MOTIVATES ATT? [...] (S/NF) Summary: This is the first of two messages addressing the role of the Government of Mali with regard to the ongoing hostage crisis in the north and the more general presence of Al Qaeda linked terrorists in parts of northern Mali. This cable, intended as a guide to interpreting and f [...] |
2009-03-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO170 |
MALIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF DEATH OF ALLEGED AQIM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PINR PGOV ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO171 |
MALIANS REPORTEDLY ARREST KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS NEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PTER PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO172 |
IN FOOTBALL STADIUM FULL OF FOLLOWERS, ROCK STAR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 15 celebration of the Muslim holiday of Mawloud at one of Bamako's largest football stadiums, imam and preacher Cherif Ousmane Madani Haidara praised U.S. support for Mali's Muslim community before a crowd of 35 to 40,000 followers. Haidara, who routinely attract [...] |
2009-03-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL KIRF ML |
| 09BAMAKO173 |
POLITICAL PARTIES FINALIZE THEIR LISTS FOR APRIL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO182 |
MALI NABS TWO KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS BUT MISSES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO186 |
TUAREGS CAPTURE THIRD KIDNAPPING SUSPECT IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-25 09:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO194 |
FORM OVER FUNCTION: MALI'S FIGHT AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KTIP ML |
| 09BAMAKO195 |
MORE CRITICS TAKE AIM AT MALI'S EMBATTLED AUDITOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO199 |
PRIME MINISTER FACING POLITICAL FALLOUT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR PINR ML |
| 09BAMAKO200 |
MALI STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PREL ML IR |
| 09BAMAKO203 |
MALI BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Bamako's response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. Mali is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is expected to receive such funding in FY09. 3. Mali's National Assembly approves the budget each December. It is then published and distributed by the M [...] |
2009-04-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO211 |
TUAREG LEADER: FORGET THE ACCORDS, JUST GIVE US [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO213 |
LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...] |
2009-04-08 11:03:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML |
| 09BAMAKO217 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS TRUMP TUAREG REBEL CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO221 |
TUAREG BOUNTY HUNTERS LOOKING FOR SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-10 10:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO225 |
GOLD INDUSTRY LURES INVESTORS GOOD AND BAD [...] Summary: Comprising an estimated 70 percent of Mali's exports, gold is frequently cited as the country's most important financial resource and a key engine for its economic growth and development. In light of this, Mali held its third annual mining and petroleum conference in Bamako from Mar [...] |
2009-04-14 16:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO226 |
SOME NEW MINISTERS AND MINISTRIES IN MALI, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-14 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR EFIN PINR |
| 09BAMAKO232 |
MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML |
| 09BAMAKO234 |
Eager Malian Audiences Learn about U.S. Civil Rights from [...] Summary. From March 22 - 27, ARS/IIP Speaker Sheldon Austin delighted Malian audiences with lectures on the American Civil Rights movement from the early days of slavery through the inauguration of President Obama. Whether part of an audience of 600 students or at a roundtable of journalists, [...] |
2009-04-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM KPAO ML |
| 09BAMAKO235 |
MALI: UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] Per reftel, Embassy nominates as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Manoela G. Borges Economics/Commercial Officer Office Phone: 223 2070 2436 Unclass email: borgesmg@state.gov Class email: borgesmg@state.sgov.gov Embassy nominates as Deputy TFCO: Frederick Noyes P [...] |
2009-04-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ML PINR PINS PREL PTER |
| 09BAMAKO24 |
GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML |
| 09BAMAKO245 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER RENEWS PLEDGE TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 16:55:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO246 |
MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO247 |
MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED [...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...] |
2009-04-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO251 |
MALI'S ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS STYMIED BY ITS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, Malian authorities destroyed 20 tons of counterfeit goods - including fake toothpaste, soap, and other products valued at USD 40,000 to 60,000 - seized from local markets. The joint effort by the Regional Directorate of Trade and Competition (DRCC), law enforcement, [...] |
2009-04-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO256 |
MALI: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP BID [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-23 13:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL KV ML |
| 09BAMAKO257 |
TUAREG CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 09:27:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER PGOV ML |
| 09BAMAKO259 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MALI: A QUIET DAY AT THE POLLS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO262 |
DECODING ANOTHER LIBYAN SUPPORTED TUAREG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO266 |
MALI ANSWERS INTERPOL'S CALL BY ARRESTING DRUG [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO267 |
MALI'S ONLY ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTY FALLS ON HARD [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KISL KDEM KIRF ML |
| 09BAMAKO268 |
MORE TUAREG PESSIMISM OVER ACCORDS AND AQIM [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR ASEC PGOV PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO27 |
MALI SETS APRIL 26 DATE FOR 2009 LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO277 |
LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS SET STAGE FOR 2012 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-07 11:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO280 |
ELECTORAL TENSIONS IN TARKINT: WHERE AQIM, ARAB [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR ASEC PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO281 |
DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE: NO ONGOING MILITARY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR PINS ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO288 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ATT: MALI'S SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) on May 8 to inquire about Mali's plans for addressing northern security in a theoretical post-hostage situation future and his views of how the U.S. might best assist these efforts. ATT spoke of the dynamics surroundi [...] |
2009-05-12 14:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO295 |
MALI: DEMARCHE ON NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO3 |
A NORTHERN MALI NEW YEAR'S SPECIAL: GRENADES, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO302 |
SURPRISED WINNERS AND SORE LOSERS: SMALL TIME [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS ML |
| 09BAMAKO317 |
MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN [...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...] |
2009-05-27 14:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL ML |
| 09BAMAKO321 |
IN HASTE, MALI POSTS FLAWED LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO340 |
MALI'S COTTON SECTOR STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Tiena Coulibaly, Director of the parastatal Malian Textile Development Company (CMDT) and former Director of Mali's Cotton Privatization Agency provided the Embassy a sobering account of Mali's flailing cotton sector. Heavily saddled with debt and unable to fund Mali's upcoming [...] |
2009-06-02 15:43:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EAGR ECIN EIND ML |
| 09BAMAKO349 |
IMF FORESEES STABLE MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR MALI [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-03 16:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO355 |
NORTHERN MALI'S REACTION TO EXECUTION OF BRITISH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV ML |
| 09BAMAKO36 |
TUMULT WITHIN TUAREG REBEL ADC FOLLOWING FAILED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO37 |
ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINS ML |
| 09BAMAKO375 |
STRIKE OUT! MALI'S MAGISTRATES RETURN TO WORK [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KJUS ML |
| 09BAMAKO383 |
ARMED ASSAILANTS ASSASSINATE COL. LAMANA OULD BOU [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-11 15:41:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PHUM PGOV ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO387 |
PRESIDENT TOURE READY TO TARGET AQIM, WITH HELP [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO399 |
NORTHERN MALIAN ARABS TAKE DEMOCRACY HOSTAGE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-16 16:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ASEC KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO401 |
ATT: "WE'RE ACTING ON AQIM - NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP" [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO402 |
ATT'S ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: "NO KIDDING, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO405 |
Mali Telecoms Company Privatization In Limbo [...] Summary: The long-awaited privatization of Mali's telecommunications company, Sotelma, seemed nearly complete in February when the Malian government announced that Maroc Telecom was the highest bidder. Since then, the process has been at a standstill. The Malian government claims that the CF [...] |
2009-06-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD ML |
| 09BAMAKO415 |
RUNNING ON FUMES: MALI'S SOLDIERS EXPOSED IN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO43 |
DROUGHT THREATENS MALI'S MIGRATORY ELEPHANT HERD [...] Summary: In meetings on January 13 and 21, representatives of international conservation groups Save the Elephants and the WILD Foundation told the Embassy that prolonged drought is severely threatening the estimated 400 to 600 elephants in Mali's Gourma region. This herd is the only survivi [...] |
2009-01-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ML SENV |
| 09BAMAKO432 |
POTUS ADDRESS TO THE MUSLIM WORLD INSPIRES MALIAN MUSLIM [...] Summary. The June 4 POTUS address to the Muslim world was extremely well received by Malian Muslim leaders. While a variety of anecdotal evidence indicated that the speech resulted in public blessings for the President and the United States in Friday prayers around Bamako, two letters from im [...] |
2009-07-01 07:30:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL ML |
| 09BAMAKO435 |
DASD HUDDLESTON MEETS ATT: THE WAY FORWARD AGAINST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for Africa Ambassador Vicki Huddleston and Ambassador Milovanovic called on President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) June 29 to discuss the state of Mali,s recent efforts against AQIM and avenues of U.S.-Malian cooperation in support o [...] |
2009-07-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO44 |
YOUTH GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER CALLING FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM ML |
| 09BAMAKO441 |
THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF ARTISANAL GOLD MINING IN [...] (U) Summary: Artisanal gold mining accounts for four percent of Mali's total gold production. In contrast to industrial mining, artisanal mining is unregulated by the Malian government and plagued with problems such as the use of child labor as well as the use of mercury in the process of gol [...] |
2009-07-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO445 |
AMBUSH: AQIM INFLICTS HEAVY LOSSES IN BATTLE WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO452 |
MALI: UN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On July 7, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Americas and Europe Desk Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamadou Nimaga. Nimaga thanked Embassy for its comments, and said that Mali fully supported United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874. Nimaga further stated that Mali is [...] |
2009-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO453 |
MALI: ITSO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on July 7. Desk Officer for the Americas and Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mahamadou Nimaga thanked Embassy for its remarks. Nimaga said the Ministry would communicate the USG's concerns to the Malian government's representative at the International [...] |
2009-07-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO460 |
LICKING ITS WOUNDS: MALI REGROUPS, HOSTAGE RELEASED [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-14 07:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO47 |
MALI ARMY BATTLES TUAREGS NORTH OF KIDAL AS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PINR PINS PTER ASEC PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO479 |
A TALE OF TWO RIOTS IN WESTERN MALI [...] Summary: During the week of July 13, authorities were faced with two outbreaks of violence in western Mali. On July 15, youth groups in Kita looted and burned public buildings when the news spread that tax officers had killed a transporter who refused to stop at a security checkpoint. Severa [...] |
2009-07-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR PINS ECON ML |
| 09BAMAKO5 |
AN INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF MALI'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-07 14:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
| 09BAMAKO504 |
MALI FINDS NEW ALLIES AGAINST AQIM [...] (U) Embassies Algiers and Tripoli have cleared on this message. 2. (C) Summary: During a pause in Mali's offensive against Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) has been active in lining up new allies for that fight. On the margins of a confere [...] |
2009-07-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO509 |
ARBITRARY DETENTION: ATT ORDERS ACQUITTED MAN TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Supreme Court of Mali reversed the conviction for embezzlement of Mamadou Baba Diawara, the former CEO of one of Mali's largest banks, and ordered that he and an accomplice be released from prison. The Minister of Justice, on orders from President Amadou Toumani Tou [...] |
2009-07-31 09:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ML |
| 09BAMAKO51 |
DOW CHEMICALS V. CHINA: DOW WINS, FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO511 |
MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RELEASES 2009 REPORT [...] (SBU) On July 13, Mali's Office of the Auditor General (BVG) released its fourth annual report. Notwithstanding a tumultuous year for the office and the Auditor General, the BVG was able to conduct 49 audits in 2008, up from 33 in 2007. Among the 25 entities audited, the BVG identifed 98 bi [...] |
2009-08-03 15:39:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO52 |
(S) EFFORTS TO LOCATE NEW EUROPEAN HOSTAGES IN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-26 20:00:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS PINR ASEC PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO53 |
LOCAL ELECTIONS, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC |
| 09BAMAKO538 |
MALI USING SPECIALIZED UNITS IN FIGHT AGAINST AQIM [...] (U) This report is a joint effort of the Pol/Econ section and the Office of the Defense Attache. 2. (S) Summary: Faced with mobile enemies on harsh terrain, the Malian Army has created a number of specialized units known as Echelons Tactiques Inter Armes, or ETIAs. The ETIAs are small, mob [...] |
2009-08-12 18:26:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER ML |
| 09BAMAKO543 |
MALI: A NEW TOURIST DESTINATION? [...] Summary: Tourism has become Mali's third largest export after gold and cotton, showing steady growth in 2008 in spite of the global economic downturn. Malian tourism officials are optimistic about continued growth in 2009, but private sector operators say the effects of the worldwide recessi [...] |
2009-08-13 13:33:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EINT EAGR ML |
| 09BAMAKO55 |
MALI'S AUDITOR GENERAL RESISTS PRESSURE TO RESIGN, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR ML |
| 09BAMAKO551 |
MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |
| 09BAMAKO566 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL VISIT TO MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome CODEL Marshall's upcoming visit to Mali. The CODEL?s visit will provide an important opportunity to highlight U.S. support for a moderate, majority Muslim democracy that stands as an example for West Africa and beyond. Mali is a strong opponent of terrorism a [...] |
2009-08-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MASS ML |
| 09BAMAKO567 |
KIDAL TUAREGS DISCUSS THEIR ROLE IN CHANGING [...] (C) Summary: On August 4, EmbOffs met with Kidal Iforas Tuareg leaders Ahmada ag Bibi, Deputy of Abeibara and head of the Tuareg alliance, Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC); Alghabass ag Intallah, Deputy of Kidal; and Presidential Advisor Acherif Ag Mohamed. The three presented themselves [...] |
2009-08-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS ML |
| 09BAMAKO58 |
BAHANGA RELEASES LAST THREE MALIAN SOLDIERS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS ASEC PREL ML |
| 09BAMAKO580 |
NOT SO FAST: ATT SENDS FAMILY CODE BACK TO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ML |