New discoveries by mining companies have increased Mali’s estimated gold reserves to 822 tonnes, or around 16 years of output at current production levels, the West African nation’s mines ministry.
A new prime minister has been appointed in Mali to succeed Oumar Tatam Ly, who has resigned from office – along with his entire government. Mr Ly was elected last.
Mali has voted amid high security in parliamentary elections, the second nationwide poll since a French military intervention against Islamist militants in the north earlier this year. There was a.
