Community of Sahel-Saharan States was created on 1998-02-04.

Mali is in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel region, and the Sahara region.

The Sahel is not a desert. It is a semi-arid grassland south of the Sahara.

Mali is divided into the Sahel, the Sahara, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

-United Nations

-Arab League

-Members and observers of the Non-Aligned Movement

-Afro-Asiatic-speaking countries

-Member states of the African Union (AU)

-Developing 8 Countries (D8)

-Nations in the Group of 15 (G-15)

-Community of Sahel-Saharan States

-Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)

-Member states and observers of the Francophonie