LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Mali

93 recorded engagements by Mali's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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93Engagements
93Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
5Signed agreements
11Destination countries
21Officials recorded
59Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Mali's leaders recorded 93 engagements: 93 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 0 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2014, with 8 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (65 engagements), followed by Russia and France. Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs was the most common topic, present in 81% of engagements. 5 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 59 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Abdoulaye Diop (Foreign Minister), with 26 engagements between 2014 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Mali, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 1 engagement1993: 2 engagements1994: 1 engagement1995: 2 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 2 engagements1998: 1 engagement1999: 1 engagement2000: 4 engagements2001: 3 engagements2002: 1 engagement2003: 1 engagement2004: 1 engagement2005: 1 engagement2006: 1 engagement2007: 1 engagement2008: 2 engagements2009: 0 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 2 engagements2012: 1 engagement2013: 3 engagements2014: 8 engagements2015: 5 engagements2016: 4 engagements2017: 6 engagements2018: 3 engagements2019: 3 engagements2020: 3 engagements2021: 4 engagements2022: 5 engagements2023: 4 engagements2024: 7 engagements2025: 4 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America65
  • Russia9
  • France5
  • Mauritania4
  • China3
  • Ghana2
  • Benin1
  • Togo1
  • Belgium1
  • Chad1
  • Niger1

Discussion topics

  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs75
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations54
  • International Conflicts and Crises22
  • Peace and Security20
  • Security and Defense17
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism10
  • Development and Aid7
  • Trade and Economic Relations7
  • Health2
  • Human Rights and Governance1
  • Science, Technology and Innovation1
  • Agriculture and Food Security1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Mali country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/mali.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Mali's own officials.