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What did Mali approve in the 2016 Securiport concession?

Last checked 27 October 2026 · 3 sources

Short answer

Decree 2016-0743/P-RM approved a ten-year concession between Mali and Securiport LLC on 27 September 2016 1. The published scope covered the supply and operation of civil aviation and immigration security systems under a construction, maintenance and transfer model 1. The decree confirms approval and duration. It does not publish the contract value, fee amount, revenue split, operating start date, data rules or transfer schedule 1.
Official record
Decree 2016-0743/P-RM 1
Approval date
27 September 2016 1
Published term
Ten years 1
Named parties
Government of Mali and Securiport LLC 1
Published model
Construction, maintenance and transfer 1
Financial terms
Not printed in the approval decree 1

The instrument that approved the concession

Mali's Official Journal printed Decree 2016-0743/P-RM in issue 49 of 2 December 2016 1. The decree is dated 27 September 2016 and records approval by the President of the Republic after consideration in the Council of Ministers 1.

The title names the Government of Mali and Securiport LLC as the parties 1. It describes a concession for the supply and operation of a civil aviation and immigration security system 1.

The term and project model

Article 1 states a term of ten years 1. The same article describes construction, maintenance and transfer as the project model 1. The decree does not state the day on which operations began, so the approval date alone cannot prove the operational expiry date 1.

The decree cites Mali's public procurement code and an earlier decree on an airport security fee for an integrated immigration-control system 1. A citation to those instruments proves that they formed part of the legal background. It does not publish the commercial terms of the concession 1.

What the decree does not establish

The published approval does not state the contract value, passenger-fee amount, revenue split, collection method, bank-account structure or equipment prices 1. Those facts require the signed concession, an implementing decree, an official tariff or another primary record.

The decree does not publish data-hosting, access, retention or deletion rules 1. It does not name an audit timetable or print the transfer conditions that apply at the end of the concession 1.

How to read later reporting

Reporting in 2023 and 2024 linked criminal proceedings against former public officials to the concession 2,3. Those reports describe allegations and procedural steps concerning named officials. They do not replace the decree and do not by themselves establish a final judgment against Securiport LLC 2,3.

Ouestaf reported in June 2024 that a former security minister had been charged in a case described as the Securiport matter 2. Studio Tamani reported in February 2024 that a former minister received provisional release in proceedings linked to the same matter 3. Neither report cited a final company conviction 2,3.

Common questions

Was the concession approved by an official decree?

Yes. Decree 2016-0743/P-RM approved it on 27 September 2016 1.

How long was the published term?

The decree states ten years 1.

Does the decree publish the passenger fee?

No. It refers to an earlier fee framework but does not print the amount, payer or revenue split 1.

Does the approval date prove when the concession expired?

No. The decree does not print the contract signature or operating start date 1.

Did the decree make a criminal finding?

No. It is an approval instrument. Later reports describe proceedings involving former officials, not a finding in the decree 1,23.

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Sources

  1. Mali Official Journal 49: Decree 2016-0743/P-RM (27 September 2016, published 2 December 2016)
  2. Ouestaf, Assane Diagne: Lutte contre la corruption au Mali, la Cour d'assises spéciale démarre le 1er juillet 2024 (19 June 2024)
  3. Studio Tamani: Affaire Fonds Covid, vague d'arrestations dans le secteur de la santé (8 February 2024)

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