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Mali national football team
Mali national football team, Les Aigles (Mali jamana ntolatantɔn), men's team run by FEMAFOOT (CAF 1963, FIFA 1964). AFCON runners-up 1972, 14 appearances, famous 4-4 comeback vs Angola 2010; never qualified for a World Cup; FIFA ranking 53 (2026).
Mali War
Mali War: armed conflict begun January 2012 between Mali's government and Tuareg separatists (MNLA, later FLA) allied with jihadists (AQIM, Ansar Dine, MUJAO, later JNIM); marked by the 2012 coup, Operation Serval, MINUSMA, the 2015 Algiers Accord, 2020-2021 coups, Wagner/Africa Corps support, and the 2026 JNIM-FLA offensive.
Mali's socialist experiment
Mali's socialist experiment was President Modibo Keïta's state-led, anti-capitalist development program, pursued from independence in September 1960 until the military coup of 19 November 1968, ending in economic crisis.
Malia (archaeological site)
Malia (Minoan palace site, Crete): Bronze Age archaeological site discovered 1915 by Joseph Hazzidakis, excavated by the French School at Athens since 1921; UNESCO Minoan Palatial Centres component with Protopalatial and Neopalatial palace phases, Quartier Mu, and central court oriented to the rising sun.
Malia Jones
Malia Jones (born 1977) is the American surfer, model, and swimwear designer, U.S. Women's Amateur Surfing champion at 15, who founded the Malia Jones swimwear line; distinct from several other people of the same name.
Malian Armed Forces
Malian Armed Forces (FAMa), Mali's military founded 1 October 1960, comprising army, air force, National Guard, and Gendarmerie under the EMGA; engaged since 2012 against JNIM and FLA, now partnered with Russia's Africa Corps.
Malian franc
The Malian franc (franc malien) was Mali's national currency from 1962 to 1984, issued by its own central bank before the country returned to the CFA franc.
Malian migration to France
Malian migration to France is a labor migration from the Kayes region begun by Soninke men in the 1950s, shifting from circular migration to settlement after 1974.
Malian refugee crisis
The Malian refugee crisis is the displacement of Malians that began in January 2012 with fighting between the government and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali.
Malian studio photography
Malian studio photography is the commercial portrait tradition centered on Bamako from the 1930s, recognized as fine art in the 1990s through Seydou Keïta and Malick Sidibé.
Malibu (album)
Malibu is Anderson .Paak's album released January 15, 2016 on EMPIRE/OBE/Steel Wool/Art Club after his Compton breakthrough; 16 tracks, Grammy-nominated, Metacritic 85, Pitchfork 8.6.
Malibu (Miley Cyrus song)
Malibu is a 2017 Miley Cyrus song, released May 11 on RCA as the lead single from Younger Now, written with Oren Yoel about Liam Hemsworth; it peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 11 in the UK.
Malibu (rum)
Malibu is a coconut-flavored, rum-based liqueur at 21% ABV, created in the late 1970s from a South African drink and launched in the UK in 1980, owned by Pernod Ricard.
Malibu Grand Prix
Malibu Grand Prix was a US chain of family entertainment centers, founded by Ron Cameron in 1975 at Anaheim Stadium, where customers raced two-thirds-scale Virage open-wheel cars at up to 40 mph; acquired by Warner in 1977, it peaked near 50 locations before dissolving in the 1990s-2000s.
Malibu Rescue
Malibu Rescue is a Netflix live-action comedy franchise (2019 film, 2019 eight-episode series, 2020 film The Next Wave) about Valley teens competing as junior lifeguards against Malibu locals, starring Ricardo Hurtado and Breanna Yde.
Malibu, California
Malibu is a coastal city in northwest Los Angeles County, California, incorporated March 28, 1991, with 21 miles of Pacific coastline, about 10,300 residents, famous beaches and surfing, and major wildfire and coastal-erosion hazards.
Malibu's Most Wanted
Malibu's Most Wanted is a 2003 American comedy film directed by John Whitesell, starring Jamie Kennedy as a rich Malibu teen who raps like a gangsta.
Malic acid
Malic acid, also known as apple acid, is a naturally occurring acid that gives apples and pears their tart taste and acts in the citric acid cycle.
Malic acid transport protein
Mae1 (mae1, SpMae1p), the malic acid transport protein of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, is a 49-kDa, 10-transmembrane plasma membrane permease carrying L-malate, succinate, malonate, and other C4 dicarboxylic acids; used to engineer malate uptake and export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and wine yeast ML01.
Malice (1993 film)
Malice is a 1993 American thriller directed by Harold Becker and written by Aaron Sorkin, Scott Frank, and Jonas McCord, starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, and Bill Pullman.
Malice (law)
Malice in law is the intention, without justification or excuse, to commit an unlawful act. Key forms: malice aforethought in murder (express and implied, depraved heart), actual malice in defamation under New York Times v. Sullivan, and malice in malicious prosecution.
Malice (TV series)
Malice is a 2025 six-episode Prime Video psychological thriller created by James Wood, starring Jack Whitehall as vengeful tutor Adam, David Duchovny as Jamie Tanner, and Carice van Houten, set in Paros and London.
Malice aforethought
Malice aforethought is the common law mens rea for murder, covering intent to kill, grievous bodily harm, depraved heart, and felony murder; still used in 18 U.S.C. § 1111 and California law.
Malice at the Palace
Malice at the Palace: November 19, 2004 Pacers-Pistons brawl at the Palace of Auburn Hills, sparked by a Ron Artest foul on Ben Wallace and a thrown drink; nine players suspended, five charged with assault.
Malice Mizer
Malice Mizer (マリスミゼル), Japanese visual kei band 1992–2001 founded by Mana and Közi, with vocalists Tetsu, Gackt, and Klaha; Merveilles hit Oricon number 2, Kami died 1999, band on hiatus since December 2001.
Malice murder
Malice murder is a Georgia homicide offense under O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1(a): unlawfully killing a human being with malice aforethought, express or implied, distinguished from felony murder.
Malichus I
Malichus I (مالك الأول) was king of the Nabataeans from about 59 to 30 BC, a contemporary of Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Herod the Great.
Malicious (1973 film)
Malizia (released as Malicious), 1973 Italian erotic comedy by Salvatore Samperi with Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro, Alessandro Momo; Sicilian widower's housekeeper plot, 5-billion-lire hit, Berlin Golden Bear nominee.
Malick Diouf
Malick Diouf (Maodo Malick Diouf), born in Dakar in 1999, is a Senegalese-born Filipino basketball center who starred for the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons.
Malick Sidibé
Malick Sidibé was a Malian photographer known as the "Eye of Bamako" for black-and-white images of youth culture, nightlife, and studio portraits from the late 1950s onward.