Mali was once a country of great wealth and where were three great empires the Empire of Ghana, the Empire of Mali and the Songhay Empire, these empires were very prosperon since they traded gold, leather and salt until their colonization by France in 1895.
After his independence with the French and his democratization, Mali has faced many rebellions for the repression that they are experiencing, generating deaths and damage in the current economy.
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