Hamadoun I. Toure, from Mali, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union speaks during the opening day of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, Telecom World exhibition 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Oct. 5, 2009. The Telecom show will run from Oct. 5 to 9, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

Hamadoun I. Toure, from Mali, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union speaks during the opening day of the International Telecommunication Union, ITU, Telecom World exhibition 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday Oct. 5, 2009. The Telecom show will run from Oct. 5 to 9, 2009.

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  1. Barcelona's Seydou Keita from Mali, second right to left, is congratulated by his teammate after scoring against Osasuna as Barcelona's coch Josep Guardiola, right, goes to celebrates with him during their Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Reyno de Navarra stadium in Pamplona, northern Spain Saturday Oct.31, 2009.
  2. DUISBURG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 30: German President Horst Koehler talks to ambassador of Mali Fatoumata Sire Diakite while he visits a blast furnance of the Tyssen-Krupp Steel AG on September 30, 2009 in Duisburg, Germany. Koehler is on a day tour through German state North Rhine- Westphalia.
  3. IVORY COAST - FEBRUARY 2008: The organization GTZ is highlighting the mistreatment and trafficking of children, and is putting up awareness pannels in high-risk regions like Soubre in Ivory Coast. Hundreds of children are coming from poorer neighbouring countries like Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. The children are sent by their parents, too poor to feed them, to learn the Holy Koran. But instead, the Koranic masters send them to beg all the day. If they do not come back with enough money, they are beaten up and are not allowed to eat. These trafficked children are called 'talibes'.

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