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The border starts in the north at the tripoint with Algeria, and then proceeds westwards in a straight line along the 25th parallel north for 172 km (107 m). [2] It then turns south-east in a long straight segment of some 955 km (593 m), followed by a much shorter straight line further to the south-east for 34 km (21 m), and a straight line to south-west for 94 km (59 m), before veering ...
Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa, located southwest of Algeria. It lies between latitudes 10° and 25°N, and longitudes 13°W and 5°E. Mali borders Algeria to the north-northeast, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso to the south-east, Ivory Coast to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal to the west and Mauritania to the ...
Eventually, in 1960, Mali was granted full independence. The situation in Algeria proved much more difficult, owing to the large community of French settlers in Algeria, and independence was only granted in 1962 after a bloody war. At that point the Algeria–Mali border became an international frontier between two sovereign states. [2]
Mali gained independence in 1959 with Senegal, as the Mali Federation in 1959. A year later, the Mali Federation became the independent nation of Mali in 1960. After a long period of one-party rule, a 1991 coup led to the writing of a new constitution and the establishment of Mali as a democratic, multi-party state.
Pages in category "Borders of Mali" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Algeria–Mali border; B.
Algeria–Mali relations refers to bilateral relations between Algeria and Mali. Algeria maintains an embassy in Bamako and a consulate in Gao , while Mali has an embassy in Algiers . The relationship between Algeria and Mali, both former French colonies, has become a major obstacle for these neighboring states, as they share a long border that ...
Ghana–Ivory Coast border; Ghana–Togo border; Gibraltar–Spain border; Greece–Turkey border; Guatemala–Honduras border; Guatemala–Mexico border; Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border; Guinea–Guinea-Bissau border; Guinea–Ivory Coast border; Guinea–Liberia border; Guinea–Mali border; Guinea–Senegal border; Guinea–Sierra Leone border
France had begun settling on the coast of modern Senegal in the 17th century, gradually extending their rule further inland during the mid-1800s onward. [3] [4] The areas east of the Falémé river (i.e. roughly modern Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) were originally under Senegalese administration as Upper Senegal, but were split off as French Sudan in 1893. [2]