Sanctions put squeeze on Mali’s lucrative cotton sector
NOUMOUTENE, Mali: Malian cotton farmers are set to produce a bumper crop this year, but Mahamadou Konate is worried, belying the smile he wears as he paces through his field. Economic and diplomatic sanctions recently imposed on the poor, conflict-torn Sahel state threaten one of its few economic motors: the cotton sector. Mali has traditionally … Read more