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On the agenda of this four-day visit on which in our country, His Highness the Aga Khan, is opening this morning, the mosque I Komoguel whose surface was resurfaced with a financial contribution the Aga Khan Foundation, which develops along a number of programmes and activities in the fields of education, health, rural development and civil society.
Wednesday, April 23, the president, Amadou Toumani Touré hosted an illustrious host. It is the Prince Aga Khan, who makes a four-day visit in our country. A journey that will lead inside the country, to meet the communities.
It is the turn of 13 hours the plane prince landed on the tarmac of the Bamako International Airport-Sénou. At the bottom of the bridge to accommodate Aga Khan, the president accompanied by the Prime Minister, members of government and representatives of the diplomatic corps.
After salvation at the guard of honour, the president and his host had returned to the salon d’Honneur. This is where Prince Aga Khan gave a press briefing, describing the purpose of his visit to come to take stock of what has already been done by the Aga Khan network and define the same time, new objectives. All in agreement with the country’s authorities and local communities.
“Our future actions will target not only the populations of urban areas but also those living in rural areas,” said His Highness the Aga Khan who has also tried to reassure on good prospects offered by the collaboration between our country and the network which bear his name. “Starting here we are going with a challenging agenda for years to come,” he concluded.
Golden Jubilee visit to West Africa
Our country and the Aga Khan network cooperation between 25 years old, with investments that target the most economic activities. Since 2003, this cooperation has extended to cultural and social activities especially in registering the agreement establishing that Mali has signed with Ismaïli Imamat and the Aga Khan network for development.
Associated majority of society Embalmali producing polypropylene bags, the Aga Khan Fund, which now holds 51% of the shares of the company Air Mali, is also involved in the water sector in Mali where, beside the State of Mali, it holds 34% of the shares through a partnership contract State-Aga Khan Fund officially signed on October 14, 2005.
On the agenda of this four-day visit on which in our country, His Highness the Aga Khan, is opening this morning, the mosque I Komoguel whose surface was resurfaced with a financial contribution the Aga Khan Foundation, which develops along a number of programmes and activities in the fields of education, health, rural development and civil society.
In 2006 the actions of the network were mainly focused on the identification of sites of intervention by the foundation for the implementation of an integrated development programme in the Mopti region.
Founded in Switzerland in 1967, the Aga Khan Foundation is a private development agency, international and non-denominational. Its main purpose is to find lasting solutions to fundamental problems as poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. Oumar Diamoye
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