Miscellaneous Current Affairs · 12 June 2026

International Archives Day observed on 9 June 2026 with theme Ensuring and strengthening the preservation and access to archives through digitisation

Exam-focused facts from the 12 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • International Archives Day was marked on 9 June 2026 with activities opened in Bamako by Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga.
  • The theme for the event was Ensuring and strengthening the preservation and access to archives through digitisation.
  • The National Directorate of Archives of Mali (DNAM) reported holding approximately 69,500 items, corresponding to 7.405 linear kilometres of documents.
  • The DNAM operates within a legal framework established in 2002, which was strengthened in 2018 through a national archives policy and a 2018–2022 action plan.
  • Archival history in Mali dates back to 1913 with the establishment of archive repositories in former French West Africa.

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