{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"CI","name":"Côte d'Ivoire","slug":"cote-d-ivoire"},"destination":{"code":"ML","name":"Mali"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-21","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"mali-aes-ecowas-ordinary-passports-visa-free","title":"ECOWAS ordinary passports: visa-free entry to Mali under AES declaration","summary":"The signed AES declaration makes the AES space, including Mali, visa-free for nationals of ECOWAS member states. ECOWAS subsequently reported that the AES countries and ECOWAS agreed continued free movement pending a new agreement.","status":"visa_free","announcedOn":"2024-12-14","conditions":["Applies only to nationals of the named ECOWAS State passport issuers holding ordinary passports for the normal visitor baseline.","ECOWAS nationals may enter, circulate, reside, establish and exit subject to national law; AES States retain the power to refuse entry to inadmissible ECOWAS nationals.","The policy does not decide employment, residence administration, commercial vehicle, diplomatic, official/service, refugee, laissez-passer, special-document, transit, crew, health, security or individual-admissibility treatment.","The live MFA assistant's residence/location-dependent ordinary-passport results conflict with this declaration for some ECOWAS nationalities (including Ghana and Cabo Verde). The signed AES declaration and later ECOWAS continuation statement are treated as controlling; the assistant is recorded as a material reconciliation risk."],"sourceIds":["mali-aes-free-movement-declaration","ecowas-continuation-of-free-movement-2025","ecowas-current-members-and-withdrawal"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"mali-aes-free-movement-declaration","title":"AES Heads of State declaration on ECOWAS nationals' free movement","url":"https://amap.ml/2024/12/16/declaration-du-college-des-chefs-detat-de-la-confederation-des-etats-du-sahel-aes-sur-la-libre-circulation-le-droit-de-residence-et-detablissement-des-ressortissants-de-la-cedeao/","publisher":"Agence Malienne de Presse et Publicité","jurisdiction":"Mali / Confederation of Sahel States","kind":"government-guidance","language":"French","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"ecowas-continuation-of-free-movement-2025","title":"ECOWAS statement on continued West African free movement after AES withdrawal","url":"https://www.ecowas.int/rebuilding-social-cohesion-and-public-trust-in-west-africa-banjul-hosts-the-inaugural-sahel-governance-forum/","publisher":"ECOWAS Commission","jurisdiction":"Economic Community of West African States","kind":"government-guidance","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"},{"id":"ecowas-current-members-and-withdrawal","title":"ECOWAS creation history and current member states","url":"https://www.ecowas.int/creation-history/","publisher":"ECOWAS Commission","jurisdiction":"Economic Community of West African States","kind":"official-dataset","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-21"}]}