Donors pledge over $4bn for Mali recovery

  • 11 years ago
International donors have pledged more than $4.22bn to help Mali recover after a conflict with al-Qaeda-linked fighters. The sum exceeds the goals of Mali which had asked donors for $2.57bn for this year and next. The donors' conference, held on Wednesday in Brussels, was organised by French President Francois Hollande, along with Barroso and Dioncounda Traore, Mali's interim president. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports.