{"id":14702,"date":"2012-09-17T16:36:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/feature-malis-economic-pillars-resist-turmoil-for-now\/"},"modified":"2012-09-17T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:36:23","slug":"feature-malis-economic-pillars-resist-turmoil-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/feature-malis-economic-pillars-resist-turmoil-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"FEATURE-Mali’s economic pillars resist turmoil, for now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Gold, cotton output seen rising despite Mali coup and
\nrebellion<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Unlike neighbours, main industries appear shielded from
\nchaos<\/p>\n

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* Cracks appearing as aid, investment slows<\/p>\n

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By Joe Penney<\/p>\n

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BAMAKO, Sept 17 (Reuters) – In the afternoon of March 21,
\narmy mutineers stormed the office of Mali’s national cotton
\ncompany CMDT in central Bamako and fired AK-47 rounds into the
\nair.<\/p>\n

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When the dust cleared, the soldiers – who were angry about
\nhow the government was handling a northern rebellion – realised
\nthey had made a mistake: they’d meant to take over the state
\ntelevision headquarters next door. And so they left.<\/p>\n

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The CMDT’s offices still bear the bullet holes from that
\nday, which marked the start of a crisis in the West African
\nstate that toppled an elected president and paved the way for
\nIslamists to wrest control of the north.<\/p>\n

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But the chaos that erupted in the months since the military
\nstaged a coup d’etat has left the country’s twin economic
\nengines – the cotton and gold industries – essentially
\nuntouched, in contrast to the vast economic damage caused by
\ncoups and conflicts in West African neighbours like Guinea and
\nIvory Coast.<\/p>\n

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Africa’s top cotton grower and its third-biggest gold miner
\nbehind South Africa and Ghana, Mali is expected to produce more
\ncotton and gold in 2012 than it did last year, helping to
\naccelerate economic growth to around 6 percent and bridge a
\nbudget gap left by frozen foreign aid since the coup.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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