Editing Malian Armed Forces (section)

== Training establishments ==
The Malian armed forces have at least two significant training establishments:
* '''[[Joint Military School (Mali)|Joint Military School]]''' at [[Koulikoro]]
* '''Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping Training School''' at [[Bamako]] ([[:fr:École de maintien de la paix Alioune Blondin Beye de Bamako]])
The Alioune Bloundin Beye school is the tactical-level component of a trio of three ECOWAS peacekeeping training schools: the Alioune Bloundin Beye school (EMPABB), the [[Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre]] in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] (operational level), and the Nigerian [[National Defence College, Nigeria|National Defence College]] (strategic level).<ref>http://www.ambafrance-gh.org/spip.php?article115 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707011541/http://www.ambafrance-gh.org/spip.php?article115 |date=7 July 2010 }}. Retrieved September 2011</ref> The school has trained over 6900 students since its opening and is currently supported financially and technically by seven countries and as well as the [[ECOWAS]].<ref>http://www.empbamako.org/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225010802/http://www.empbamako.org/ |date=25 February 2015 }} Retrieved February 2015</ref>