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Mali, [c] officially the Republic of Mali, [d] is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the eighth-largest country in Africa , with an area of over 1,240,192 square kilometres (478,841 sq mi). [ 9 ]
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
Transcontinental country in Asia and Oceania, classified as a Southeastern Asian country by the United Nations Statistics Division: Indonesia (Maluku Islands and Western New Guinea). Entirely in Southeast Asia, but commonly associated with Oceania, and lying east of the biogeographical Wallace Line : East Timor .
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
BIMSTEC, a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia around the Bay of Bengal to promote technological and economic co-operation, which includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which are all deemed to be at a similar stage of newly advanced economic development
Islamic State extremists have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year, and their al-Qaida-linked rivals are capitalizing on the deadlock and perceived weakness of ...
Overseas region and constituent part of the French Republic: French: Mayotte—Région Mayotte: Dzaoudzi (official) Mamoudzou (seat of prefect and departmental council) French: Mamoudzou: 266,380 374 km 2 (144 sq mi) euro: Melilla Autonomous City of Melilla ES-ML Spain: Autonomous city of Spain: Spanish: Melilla—Ciudad autónoma de Melilla ...
Mali's demand for the departure of U.N. peacekeepers heralded a sudden end to a decade-long mission that has struggled to protect civilians and its own troops, raising fears the country could ...