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Africa News of Wednesday, 26 July 2023

    

Source: www.ghanaweb.live

Mali drops French from official to working language, 13 local languages get official status

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French has been removed as an official language in mali following the outcome of a constitutional referendum which took place on June 18.

96.91% of Malians voted to remove the colonial language and make it a working language across the vast West African country.

Whiles French loses its place as official language for the first time since 1960, in its place, 13 national

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