Mali

Country profile:

• Location: West Africa.
• Borders: Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania.
• Capital: Bamako.
• Area: 1,240,192 km2.
• Population: 14,517,176.
• Currency: West African CFA franc XOF.
• Independence from France: Year 1960.