Mali

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Mali is a landlocked nation in the heart of West Africa, bordered by Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, and Mauritania. Two-thirds of its territory lies within the Sahara Desert, while the fertile Niger River valley in the southwest sustains the majority of its population. Mali was once the center of the powerful Mali Empire and the legendary city of Timbuktu.