{"id":46100,"date":"2026-09-22T09:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46100"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:42:27","slug":"mali-marks-66-years-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/mali-marks-66-years-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali marks 66 years of independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Mali is marking 66 years of independence, commemorating its break from French colonial rule on September 22, 1960.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The country gained independence after French Sudan became the Republic of Mali, following the dissolution of the short-lived Mali Federation with Senegal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>More than six decades later, Independence Day comes as Mali seeks to assert greater national sovereignty and reshape its international partnerships.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The country has taken steps to reduce its reliance on traditional Western partners while strengthening ties with other countries, as it continues to navigate significant political, economic and security challenges.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mali also remains confronted by a serious threat from armed groups operating in parts of the country and across the wider Sahel region.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28332,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-46100","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Mali is marking 66 years of independence","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46101,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46100\/revisions\/46101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}