As a result of monopolizing the gold trade and developing its agricultural resources, the Mali Empire prospered. The currency of Mali, like Ghana, was the guilders’ currency. A heavy guilder’s tax was ...

Mali and Ghana are through to the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after both achieved hard-fought quarterfinal victories on Sunday.

Mali was once called Ghana. The great Ghana Empire (c.800-1230) was based in western Mali. “Ghana” means “warrior king” in the language of the Soninke (the indigenous people of the Senegal ...

Out of this conflict, the Malinke emerged in 1235 under a new dynamic ruler, Sundiata Keita. Soon Ghana was totally eclipsed by the Mali Empire of Sundiata.

Mali beat co-host Gabon 5-4 in a penalty-kick shootout Sunday, and Ghana won 2-1 in extra time on a blunder by Tunisia's goalkeeper during quarterfinals at the African Cup of Nations. ...

Ghana leads table from Mali with one group game remaining Ghana, the four time champion of the African Cup of Nations, took a giant step towards qualifying for the quarterfinals following a 1-0 ...

Mali hope history is repeated when they face Ghana for the bronze medals at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament.

Ghana will look to bounce back from letting a two-goal lead slip against Congo when they take on Mali in the 2013 African Cup of Nations this Thursday ...

Some key dates in Mali's history: c. 300AD-1200s - Much of the region is part of the Ghana Empire, one of several major West African empires controlling trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, other ...

Mansa Musa, emperor of the Mali Empire, is widely regarded as the richest man in history. He was exceptionally wealthy to an extent that historians have struggled to quantify it accurately. Though ...

Some key dates in Mali's history: c. 300AD-1200s - Much of the region is part of the Ghana Empire, one of several major West African empires controlling trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, other ...