Why in the news?

  • Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an “instrument of neo-colonialist repression”.

Burkina Faso

  • Location: Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
  • Capital: Ouagadougou
  • Border Countries: Mali, Niger, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast.
  • Geography: It is located in Sahel Region(It is transition zone between Sahara and Savana regions).
  • Climate: Tropical savanna
  • Fact: The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people.

Mali

  • Location: Mali is a landlocked country in West Africa.
  • Capital: Bamako
  • Border Countries: Algeria, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Senegal.
  • Associated Geography:
    • The is also part of Sahara Desert,Sudanian savanna.
    • Mali is one of country in Africa through which Tropic of Cancer passes

Niger

  • Location: Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa.
  • Capital: Niamey
  • Border Countries: Libya, Chad, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Algeria.
  • Geography :Over 80% of its land area lies in the Sahara.
  • River: Niger
  • International Membership: African Union and the West African Monetary Union, Economic Community of West African States, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

 

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