Mali*
General Country Information
Capital: Bamako
Population: 13,796,354 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Semi-presidential Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 81,100 (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 3.439 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 519 (2009)
Internet users: 200,000 (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.47
World Rank 2005/2006: 67
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
African Decade of People with Disability 1999-2009 – Mali National Action Plan
Disability Policy Website
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Fédération Malienne des Associations de Personnes Handicapées -
DPI National Assembly
B.P. 2592
Bamako
Mali
Email: ghatouma@yahoo.fr
Tel: +223-2211972
Fax: +223-2221031
Association des Femmes Handicapées de Tombouctou
B.P. 139
Tombouctou
Mali
Tel: +223-602-3164
Association Malienne des Femmes Handicapées
B.P.E. 1918
Bamako
Mali
http://courantsdefemmes.free.fr/Assoces/Mali/AMFH/amfh.html
Email: guissezeneb@hotmail.com
Tel: +223-603-3747
Panafrican Federation of the Disabled Persons
P.O. Box 2609
Bamako
Mali
Tel: +223-211-972 / +223-773-728
Fax: +223-23-1523
Union Malienne des Aveugles (Mali Union of the Blind)
B.P. 377
Bamako
Mali
http://www.umav.org
Email: umav@afribonemali.net
Tel: +223-2032-67
Fax: +223-2384-23