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30 April 1980: ECOWAS[6] (Economic Community of West African States): Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Holders of diplomatic and service category passports of Brazil,[7]China, Cuba, Russia and Rwanda do not require a visa for 90 days. Nationals of any country with a diplomatic and service passports do not require a visa for up to 1 month. Nationals of China holding passports for public affairs do not require a visa for a maximum stay of 90 days.
Visa exemption agreement for diplomatic, service, official passports was signed with South Africa but not yet ratified.[8]
Visa on arrival[]
Nationals of the following 2 countries may apply for a visa on arrival for a maximum stay of 3 months.[9] Up until 9 March 2015, many countries were also eligible for visa on arrival:
Kenya
Rwanda
Entry Refusal[]
Admission and transit is refused to nationals of Syria, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.[2]
Visitor statistics[]
Most visitors arriving to Mali for tourism purposes were from the following countries of nationality:[10][11]
1British Overseas Territories. 2 Open border with Schengen Area. 3 Russia is included as a European country here because the majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia. 4 These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia. 5 Part of the Realm of New Zealand. 6 Partially recognized. 7Unincorporated territory of the United States. 8 Part of Norway, not part of the Schengen Area, special open-border status under Svalbard Treaty.
9 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, not part of the Schengen Area.
10Egypt spans the boundary between North Africa and the Middle East.
1British Overseas Territories.
2 Part of the Schengen Area.
3 Open border with Schengen Area.
4Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
5Cyprus, Armenia, and the partially recognised republics of Artsakh and Northern Cyprus are entirely in Southwest Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe.
6Egypt spans the boundary between North Africa and the Middle East.
7 Partially recognized.
8 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark, not part of the Schengen Area.
9 Russia has territory in both Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia.
10 Part of the Nordic Passport Union.
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Syria, even if not leaving the aircraft and proceeding by the same flight.[2]
France
Senegal
Côte d’Ivoire
United States
Burkina Faso
Guinea
China
Netherlands
Congo
Ghana