Mali

News coverage about Mali accounts for 0.113% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 21, 2026. Output is down 10.5% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -1.17 — mildly negative.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.113%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-10.5%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-1.17
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Priority
~2-3h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Mali coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.11% on 2026-08-210.000.130.25May 23Jun 8Jun 24Jul 10Jul 26Aug 11Aug 21

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Mali coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -1.17 on 2026-08-21+50-5May 23Jun 8Jun 24Jul 10Jul 26Aug 11Aug 21

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Mali: 17 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.002.55.0May 28Jun 9Jun 29Jul 16Aug 13Aug 17Aug 20

Diplomacy (18/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Mali: 83 days, latest 18.00 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100May 26Jun 11Jun 27Jul 11Jul 25Aug 8Aug 20

Coercion & force (39/day latest)

Coercive events located in Mali: 80 days, latest 39.00 on 2026-08-200.00250500May 26Jun 10Jun 27Jul 12Jul 27Aug 11Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Mali, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 10% of the coverage about Mali came from outlets based in Mali — the rest was written from abroad (3,605 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Mali from domestic outlets (%): 50 days, latest 33.33 on 2026-08-210.0025.050.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 21

Share of articles about Mali produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Bamako (2)
  • Bougouni (2)
  • Segou (1)
  • Koulikoro (1)
  • Koutiala (1)

Places named in coverage about Mali on 2026-08-21 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Mali

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$30.1B
World Bank, 2025
Population
25.2M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
48.8%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
4.2%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
1,656
best estimate
Civilian deaths
563
within the above
Recorded events
582
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-08-01..2026-07-31, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
414,524
within the country
Refugees abroad
519,738
originating from Mali
Refugees hosted
286,715
from other countries
Asylum seekers
322
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Mali-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).