U.S. Ambassador to Mali Mary Beth Leonard, USAID Mission-Mali Director Gary Juste, and Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Zahabi Ould Sidi Mohamed signed three protocols for amending grant agreements between the Governments of Mali and the United States of America on Monday. The new protocols allow the U.S. to increase its financial ... Read More»

U.S. Ambassador to Mali Mary Beth Leonard kicked off the Veterinary Readiness Training Exercise (VETRETE) on February 19 in Siby. The training was provided by the U.S. military veterinarians to their Malian military colleagues on vaccinating and de-worming  lambs and sheep for local Malian farmers. The exercise involved a U.S. Civil-Military Affairs Team, Malian Armed ... Read More»

On February 19, 2014, as part of its Unity and Peace Messaging Campaign funded through the U.S. government’s Trans-Sahara Counter-Terrorism Partnership, grantee Spirit-McCann conducted an interfaith dialogue workshop to bring religious leaders to discuss abuses by extremist groups during the occupation of two-thirds of Mali’s territory. The workshop was conducted by the Malian Association for ... Read More»

U.S. Ambassador to Mali Mary Beth Leonard visited the town of Ouelessebougou on Tuesday. This trip was at the invitation of the town’s Mayor, Yeah Samake, and sought to strengthen ties between the United States and the municipality. In his welcome address, the mayor praised the cooperation between the American people and the citizens of ... Read More»

A team from the Embassy Public Affairs Section, accompanied with Arabic author Ibrahima Ongoiba, travelled to Kayes from February 10 to 14, 2014. Mr. Ongoiba conducted a three-day-seminar with Arabic Teachers in Kayes on how to best use the Civic Education books he wrote for Medersa students. He also conducted live discussion sessions with hundreds ... Read More»