Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali is bordered by Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Its size is just over 1,24... Explore this topic

A coup d'état, also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to depose the extant government and replace it with another body, civil or military. A ... Explore this topic

Representatives of the Malian armed forces calling themselves the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR) appeared on Mali's state television channel on March 21, 2012, claiming to have seized power from President Amadou Toumani Toure. Explore this topic

Amadou Toumani Touré is a Malian politician who was President of Mali from 2002 to 2012. Touré was head of President Moussa Traoré's personal guard when a popular revolution overthrew the regime in March 1991 and Colonel Touré arrested the President and led the revolution. He ... Explore this topic

Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a population of 1.8 million. In 2006, it was estimated to be the fastest growing city in Africa and sixth fastest in the world. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys... Explore this topic

State media or state-owned media is media for mass communication which is ultimately controlled and/or funded by the state. These news outlets may be the sole media outlet or may exist in competition with privately controlled media. Explore this topic

The Tuareg are a Berber people with a traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle. They are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. The Tuareg language, a branch of the Berber language, has an estimated 1.2 million speakers. About half this number is... Explore this topic

The Tuareg Rebellion of 2012 was an early stage of the 2012 northern Mali conflict; from January to April 2012, a war was waged against the Malian government by rebels with the goal of attaining independence for the northern region of Mali, known as Azawad. It was led by the N... Explore this topic

The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad or the Azawad National Liberation Movement, formerly National Movement of Azawad is a political and military organisation based in Azawad/northern Mali. The movement is made up of Tuareg, and some of them are believed to have ... Explore this topic

"Raw video" is a term used to describe unedited or minimally edited video footage, often used in a news context. It can include user-generated content, live video feeds (such as from a news helicopter or camera crew), footage obtained from a security camera, and more. Raw vide... Explore this topic