Madar (Bamako) - Mali's Council of Ministers, meeting in ordinary session on Friday, 13 November 2026, at Koulouba Palace under the chairmanship of Transition President General Assimi Goita, adopted draft texts creating a single legal framework for the profession of surveying and topography engineer, according to the final communique published on Saturday by the Malian news agency AMAP.
According to the communique, applying the two 1997 laws on the Order of Expert Surveyors and on cartographic and topographic works contractors revealed "shortcomings", including a fragmented profession and overlapping responsibilities among those involved in topographic, land and geodetic activities, which "favoured the involvement of insufficiently qualified actors" in operations with a major impact on land and urban development.
The new texts establish a single national order bringing together all qualified professionals in the sector. According to the same source, they are expected to improve the organisation of the profession and the quality of topographic and land surveys, reduce land disputes, strengthen protection for citizens and investors, reinforce land governance and align the national framework with international standards.
The Council also adopted a decree allocating to the Ministry of National Education a plot of about 4.85 hectares in Badougou-Nafadji, in the rural commune of Mande (Kati district), for the construction of a lycée of excellence.
Among the appointments, Antoine Zerbo was named director general of Mali's Deposit and Consignment Fund, Mouhamed B. Diarra director general of the National Social Insurance Institute (INPS) and Seydou Malle secretary general of the Central Office for Combating Illicit Enrichment.
In its communications, the agriculture minister reported on Mali's participation on 23 October in Ouagadougou in a ministerial meeting on WAEMU regional programmes for the cotton-textile, phosphate-fertiliser and rice value chains, which aim among other things to process at least 50% of the cotton fibre produced in the Union, raise fertiliser use from 13 to 50 kg per hectare and lift rice self-sufficiency from 58% to 90%.
The health and social development minister reported a fall in confirmed dengue cases compared with the previous week, while the Transition President urged the population to strictly observe prevention measures, the communique said.
