Mali didn’t have official control over their TLD until recently. It was always intended for Mali’s use. Thus, having a backup non-.ml domain would have been a prudent precaution to take (and still is, if you’re using any interesting TLDs that aren’t really intended for general use, like .io)
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Mali didn’t have official control over their TLD until recently. It was always intended for Mali’s use. Thus, having a backup non-
.mldomain would have been a prudent precaution to take (and still is, if you’re using any interesting TLDs that aren’t really intended for general use, like.io)