5 Mali’s national motto “One People, One Goal, One Faith” (French, “Un peuple, un but, une foi”) – is not entirely accurate.
Mali is the 8th largest country in Africa, and 24th in the world 1,240,192 sq. km (or 478,839 sq. miles)
Economy Agriculture accounts for 70% of the Malian labour force, and 45% of GDP. Small-scale, subsistence farming dominates this sector.
80% of Mali’s exports. The Sahara is the world’s largest desert. Covering the whole of northern Africa, it could easily swallow up the entire USA.
In a good year, cotton production can be 500,000 tons. Mining of gold, the third largest source of Malian exports, and salt remain important to the economy ... and have been for more than 700 years.