The Mali Empire was the center of the world’s gold ... This included the Mansa’s servants, enslaved people, soldiers, and prominent members of the royal court, including the Mansa’s wife.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. In the 1230s, a man called Sundiata Keita incorporated a series of smaller kingdoms into the Mali Empire. The empire ...

Mutinying soldiers in Mali have detained President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta and Prime Minister Boubou Cissé, after taking control of a key military camp near the capital Bamako. The apparent coup ...