In this edition:

A cereal and flour processing plant (the 3rd in Mali) Moulin Du Sahel is inaugurated in Banakoroni, PM Cisse Mariam Kaidama Sidibe's sojourn in New York at the UN, Organization of African Trades Unions President Hon. Demba Diop visits with President ATT, A mixed Mali-Burkinabe Development cooperation considers joint projects, Saudi Independence Day celebrated at that country's embassy in Bamako, The state of African economies from ADB and its partners' point of view ( I am glad the camera captured the physically-challenged Malian without a wheelchair trying to survive on the ground), shoring up crop resistance to drought in Mali (Kayes, Sikasso, Mopti), Minister of Ranching and Fisheries Hon. Bocary Treita visits production sites in Sikasso (A fish and crops farm, a cattle ranch, and a veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturing plant), subregional Agro-meteorological organization meets in Bamako, African Women's Basketball Championship, and much much more. Very exciting to be in Mali at this time.

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