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Somalia is an East African country that makes up the Horn of Africa.  It lies along the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, and shares borders with Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya.  Prior to their independence, Britain and Italy had colonized sectors of Somalia, known as the British Somaliland Protectorate and the Italian Somaliland, until the 1960s, when they were granted independence.  The flag of Somalia is a symbolic representation of its independence, with the five-pointed star represented the 5 regions that Somali ethnicity presides: Djibouti, Somaliland (British Protectorate), the Somali region of Ethiopia, the North Eastern province of Kenya,...

Known as the largest landlocked country of Africa by area, the beautiful country of Mali, formerly known as French Sudan, is known for its salt and gold mines, and the Niger River that runs through its capital, Bamako.  The country of Mali was once ruled by King Sundiata Keita.  Sundiata united several smaller Malinke kingdoms near the upper region of the Niger River, and continued to expand the empire of Mali by conquering the former capital of Ghana in 1240.  Various kings, called Mansa, ruled the empire after the Sundiata reign.  Sundiata’s grandson, Mansa Musa, came to become the most...