The document discusses the impacts of Mali's March 2012 coup d'etat on various sectors of the country's economy and culture. Tourism in Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has declined dramatically since the coup from nearly 10,000 annual visitors to less than 20. Cotton and gold mining have been less affected so far, though some businesses reliant on northern Mali have suffered major losses. Journalists have also faced attacks since the coup. The future remains uncertain as Islamist rebels control much of northern Mali.

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A woman walks by the Grand Mosque of Djenne, on market day in Djenne September 2, 2012. Nearly 10,000 annual
tourists visited Djenne, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed town, in previous years. Since Mali's coup d'etat in late March,
after which Islamist rebels took control of the country's northern two-thirds, less than 20 tourists have come to Djenne,
September 17, 2012 according to the local tourism board.
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An artisanal gold miner peers up from a small-scale mine where he is working in Kalana August 26, 2012.
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Cotton farmer Karim Traore, 29, surveys his cotton field outside Koutiala, Mali August 30, 2012. Traore says good rains
this year have boosted his crops, which he will sell to the Malian national cotton company CMDT after harvest in October.
Mali's cotton sector, which according to CMDT data directly employs four of Mali's 15 million people, has not been
directly effected by Mali's political and security crises. "My crops are doing well and I have not seen any negative effects
September 17, 2012 of the coup d'etat on my cotton," Traore said.
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5. Traditional mud-brick walls are seen during sunset in Djenne September 2, 2012.
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6. A girl stands in the doorway of her house in Djenne, Mali, September 1, 2012.
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7. A small-scale gold miner carrying her tools on her head poses for a picture before heading home after working in
Kalana, August 25, 2012. Gold mining in Mali has rebounded since the landlocked West African nation's coup d'etat in
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late March and 2012 national gold production estimates stand at 500 tonnes.

8. A worker shovels cotton seeds into a conveyor belt in the ground while a truck delivers a cotton seed shipment at the
Malian Animal Feed Company factory in Koutiala, Mali August 31, 2012. The factory is one of the largest animal feed
factories in Mali, has lost at least 2 billion francs CFA (US $4m) since the coup d'etat, Daouda Toure, the company's
managing director said. More than 65 per cent of his animal feed buyers were in the north, and has lost all of them since
September 17, 2012 the Islamist takeover, he said.
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9. A worker fabricates a plastic bag designed to hold cotton at the Badenya Company in Koutiala, Mali August 31, 2012.
After Mali's military coup d'etat in late March an energy crisis forced the factory to close for two months, causing the
September 17, 2012 company to lose tens of thousands of dollars.
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10. September 17, 2012 gold miners Fanta Tounkara (L) and Fanta Camara pan for gold in Kalana August 25, 2012.
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11. A butcher chops meat at the central market of Djenne September 1, 2012.
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12. A man practices reciting Quranic verses handwritten on a piece of wood in front of the Grand Mosque of Djenne,
September 17, 2012 Mali September 1, 2012.
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13. Aboubakar Yaro, head of conservation at the Djenne Library of Manuscipts, holds an Islamic manuscript
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14. Halidou Zakaria Toure, 49, manager of the Malian Animal Feed Company factory in Koutiala, Mali, poses for a
September 17, 2012 picture next to the company's stock of animal feed made from cotton grain, August 31, 2012.
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15. Radio DJ Boubacar "Bouki" Diarra poses for a picture in his studio in Bamako, September 6, 2012. Since Mali's coup
d'etat in late March, armed assailants thought to have links with the military have attacked numerous Malian
September 17, 2012 journalists.
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16. Workers push barrels of vegetable oil produced with cotton seeds toward a truck at the Malian Animal Feed
Company factory in Koutiala August 31, 2012.
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17. Small-scale gold trader Amadou Dabo, 46, displays his tools used to weigh and purchase gold, including roughly
seven grams of gold he bought off of small-scale miners for about $30 (seen next to calculator) in Kalana August
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18. A street is seen through the window of a primary school in Djenne September 6, 2012.
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19. A boy chops wood in Djenne, Mali, September 1, 2012. Nearly 10,000 annual tourists visited Djenne, home to numerous
Unesco World Heritage sites, in previous years.
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20. Artisanal gold miner Sara Moulare (C), 29, and colleagues pan for gold in Kalana August 26, 2012.
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21. Small-scale gold miner Modibo "Fama" Kone, 57, stands in an area where he is panning for gold in Kalana
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22. A gold miner drives home on his motorcycle after work in Kalana August 26, 2012.
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23. Awa Baba Dji, 20, poses for a picture at the cafe she manages, located across the road from a joint Randgold-
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24. Signs for hotels and tourist attractions line the road in Djenne September 1, 2012.
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25. Artisanal gold miners walk to work carrying their tools on their heads at a small scale mine in Kalana August 26,
2012.
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26. A pirogue captain plying the Niger river tributaries unloads passengers in Djenne, Mali August 31, 2012.
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27. A small-scale gold miner rests after a day of work panning for gold in Kalana August 25, 2012.
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28. A boy rides a bicycle down a street in Djenne, September 2, 2012.
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29. Biên tập PPS: A small-scale gold mine is seen in Kalana, August 25, 2012.
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