ECONOMIC WATCH!!MALI AND SUDAN DOWN ,WHOSE NEXT IN AFRICA?

 

ECONOMIC WATCH!!MALI AND SUDAN DOWN ,WHOSE NEXT IN AFRICA?

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU...

Can the coupist in Bamako ,Mali call off the bluff of the so call Economic Community of West Africa States [E.C.O.W.A.S]team of mediators and stay for as long as they wish ,yes this medium think that they can...

As at the year ,2018,The Republic of Mali had less than 20 million people  hence the Policy and Editorial Board of the E.N.M.Paedia Express Multimedia Group of Lagos,Nigeria dare say that if they have a very group of thought full miliatry leadership who are honest with their people they can deliver the goods and return that nation to full law and order in the next four or five years as the case may be depending on the template they are working on...

Recently a barge of Ammonium Nitrate  of about 2-0 trucks and over 2,000 tonnes which made its way through the Ports of Dakar in Senegal made a lot of headlines news around the globe  with this reporter learning that about 70,000 tonnes of the product is shipped into the nation through the River Niger annually hence the existence  of the River Niger is also another factor that should give the military the impetus to want to call the bluff of the politicians and their sympathizers until when they were ready and willing to return power upon normalcy in the region...

It would appear that the Ammonium Nitrate saga of the Dakar Port became a celebrated piece because of the recent turn in events in the Ports of Beirut ,Lebanon over the same commodity ,who says the fear of the product is not the beginning of wisdom?The above underlines the importance of the Ports of Dakar, Senegal and the River Niger to the Socio-economic and cultural landscape of the Republic of Mali  as feelers as at press time suggests at least 65 percent of goods or cargoes from Mali passes through the Ports and the river.

However analysts believe that with expected support from the Arab and Muslim nations,the Bretton Wood outfits the Malian government might jettison the River and make use of air shipments of cargoes meant for their nation or have we forgotten so soon that Saudi Arabia gave Sudan a big largesse of about $ 3 billion not minding who was in charge after its current military leadership took over power in 2019...

The Director General of the Port of Dakar in Senegal,Mr Abubakar Sadikh Beye while speaking to the press noted that they were used to  dealing with very dangerous commodities at the ports hence the product in question generating a dust was nothing unusual as he assured all that the product was on its way to its final destination..

Mr Amadou Raine Dia ,The Director of Operations at the Ports of Dakar in Senegal  pointed out that they were at the moment handling the formalities so as to prepare the consignments for its final destinations.

Mr Fouseyni Soumano ,head of one of the major warehouses in Dakar ,Senegal explained that  they were handling the formalities to prepare the consignment for its final destination...

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The northern part of the river, known as the Niger bend, is an important area because it is the major river and source of water in that part of the Sahara desert. This made it the focal point of trade across the western Sahara, and the centre of the Sahelian kingdoms ofMali and Gao. earn how the World Bank Group is helping countries with COVID-19 (coronavirus). Find Out

 

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—in 2018 ,The World Bank approved a $27.8 million project for the Economic and Environmental Rehabilitation of the Niger River (PREEFN), consisting of $13.9 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit and a $13.9 million IDA grant.

The Niger River (4,200 km long) is the third longest river in Africa and the largest in West Africa. The Niger Inner Delta (NID) is in Mali, between the Markala dam (Ségou region) and the region of Timbuktu, it provides numerous benefits such as transportation for many people, access for the goods produced locally and water access. The project will benefit transport operators, village groups, farmers, fishers, youth organizations, women, and vulnerable populations in three main localities in the NID — Kolongo, Kokry and Macina—with approximately a total population of about 100,000.

THE STRATEGIC MARKALA DAM UNVEILED

Markala is a commune in Mali's Ségou Region on the Niger River35 km down stream from the town of Ségou. The commune contains 30 villages in an area of 318 square kilometers and in 2009 had a population of 45,961.^[2][3] Mali's primary irrigation dam, the Markala dam, lies in the commune. The main village of the commune, Diamarabougou, is on the right bank adjacent to the dam which also serves as an important road bridge.

The French colonial authorities constructed the dam between 1934 and 1945 to irrigate farmland with the intention of producing cotton for the textile industry.^[4] The dam is 2450 m in length and functions as a weir in that water can flow over the top. It diverts water into a canal system that extends 135 km to the north past the small towns of Niono and Sokoloin the 'Delta Mort' region. Each year around 2.7 km³ of water is diverted from the river, which corresponds to 8.3 percent of the total flow.^[4] The water is used to irrigate about 750 square kilometers (75,000 ha) of farmland. The scheme is managed by the Office du Niger and in 1999/2000 produced 320,000 tons of rice, representing 40 percent of the total Malian production.^[5]

Although the dam itself lies in the centre of the Markala commune, the farmland irrigated by the dam lies outside the commune to the north.