The West African state says it has introduced an “identical visa programme” for US travellers.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251012182742/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2729glzx8o
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Mali has some major problems. https://bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report/MLI
This might be more readable and break down some of the horrors more easily: https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/africa/west-and-central-africa/mali/report-mali/
So this us where the US Republicans are wanting to go with their policies. Russia backed too.