Bamako, Jan 29, 2026 (AFP) - Mali's troubled tourism sector crosses fingers for comeback

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Oumar Cisse used to lead tours of Djenne, an ancient, fabled city in central Mali known for its towering mud-brick mosque, but he now ekes out a living driving an old motorcycle taxi in Bamako. Mali's once robust tourism sector has dried up in recent years after an iron-fisted junta came to power in back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021 and as Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists waged a campaign of attacks. "Under my fingernails, it's no longer the sacred ea......

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