On 21st February 2023 the opening ceremony of the mid-year meeting of the African Group of the IAJ took place in Bamako (Mali) under the organisation of the Malian Association. The Ceremony was presided by the President of the Republic. In attendance were, beside local authorities, the IAJ President Josè Igreja Matos and the Secretary-General Giacomo Oberto, as well as the Deputy Secretaries-General Raffaele Gargiulo and Galileo d’Agostino. The meeting of the Group was presided by IAJ Vice President Marcelle Kuassi. Also Honorary President Fatoumata Diakite was in attendance, as well as the President of the IBA Group Walter Barone.
