Mali:
India advised its nationals in Mali to remain highly vigilant, exercise utmost caution and stay indoors due to recent security developments in the West African nation.
- It is a landlocked country in West Africa.
- It shares its border with Algeria(north), Niger and Burkina Faso (east), Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea (south), and Senegal and Mauritania (west).
- Capital City: Bamako
Geographical Features - It experiences a tropical savanna climate in the south becoming a desert climate in the north.
- Approximately 65% of the country is covered by desert or semi-desert.
- The Sahara Desert makes up a large portion of Mali’s total land area.
- The landscape transitions from the Sahara Desert in the north through the Sahel to the zone of Sudanian savanna in the south.
- The Niger River flows through its interior, serving as its main source of water.
- Highest point: Hombori Tondo at 3,789 ft (1,155 m).
- It includes gold, uranium, diamonds, copper, iron ore, precious stones, zinc, manganese, bauxite etc.
