M'Bam Diatigui Diarra (born October 2, 1946, in Dakar, Senegal and died on January 18, 2011, in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian lawyer and human rights activist, She served as Ombudsman of the Republic of Mali from 2009 until her death. [1] [2]
M'Bam Diatigui Diarra (born October 2, 1946, in Dakar, Senegal and died on January 18, 2011, in Bamako, Mali) is a Malian lawyer and human rights activist, She served as Ombudsman of the Republic of Mali from 2009 until her death. [1] [2]
M'Bam Diatigui Diarra held the chairmanship of the Malian Association for Human Rights between 1991 and 1998 and was involved at the international level as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Chad on behalf of the United Nations Centre for Human Rights between 1994 and 1996, coordinator of the Legal Aid Program at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Burundi between 1997 and 1999, and coordinator of activities for the institutions of the Republic, political parties, women and civil society at the UN Office in Guinea-Bissau between 1999 and 2003. In Mali, she took part in the Reflection Committee on the Deepening of Democracy, chaired by Daba Diawara. On June 9, 2009, she was appointed Ombudsman of the Republic of Mali, a position she occupied until her death on January 18, 2011, following a traffic accident that occurred at around 11 pm in Dialakorobougou, 20 km from Bamako. At her funeral on the January 20, 2011, the president Amadou Toumani Touré posthumously conferred on M'Bam Diatigui Diarra the title of Commanders of the National Order in recognition of her fight for and defender of the poor and destitute. [3]
The Malian Armed Forces consists of the Army, Republic of Mali Air Force, and National Guard. They number some 7,000 and are under the control of the Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans. The Library of Congress as of January 2005 stated that "[t]he military is underpaid, poorly equipped, and in need of rationalization. Its organisation has suffered from the incorporation of Tuareg irregular forces into the regular military following a 1992 agreement between the government and Tuareg rebel forces."
Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country.
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Aminata Dramane Traoré is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. She is the current Coordinator of Forum pour l'autre Mali and Associate Coordinator of the International Network for Cultural Diversity and was elected to the board of the International Press Service in July 2005. She is a member of the scientific committee of the Fundacion IDEAS, Spain's Socialist Party's think tank.
Cheick Modibo Diarra is a Malian astrophysicist, businessman, and politician who was acting Prime Minister of Mali from April 2012 to December 2012.
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On the night between March 1 and 2nd, 2022, Malian forces with the aid of Wagner Group killed over three dozen civilians in Danguèrè Wotoro, near Dogofry, Mali.