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  "Mali is a major producer of cotton, cattle and gold. Burkina Faso also produces cotton, cattle and gold," Kyelem de Tambela said during the trip on Tuesday and Wednesday.
  Kyelem de Tambela referred to a past effort to forge a federation in francophone West Africa - a stillborn bid to bring together Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Benin shortly before they gained independence from France in 1960.
  Kyelem de Tambela hailed the "Genuine revolution" he said had taken place in Mali since Colonel Assimi Goita seized power in 2020, and said it had "Inspired" the new military rulers in Burkina.
  
  
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