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Recently, 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.

About Mali

• Location: It is a landlocked country in West Africa.
• Bordering Countries: 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 

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Geographical Features

• Climate: It experiences a tropical savanna climate in the south becoming a desert climate in the north. 
• Terrain: 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.
• River: 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).
• Natural Resources: It includes gold, uranium, diamonds, copper, iron ore, precious stones, zinc, manganese, bauxite etc.

Source: TH