Mali is a northern African country. It is a land-locked country. Mali borders Algeria to the north, Niger to the east, Burkina Faso and Cote D’ivoire to the south, Guinea to the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania to the west. Here are ten funny facts about Mali. SEE ALSO: 10 Amazing Facts About Luxembourg You Should Know Population: 15.3 million (2013) World [...]
10 Random Facts About Macedonia
The country's name Macedonia is believed to have meant "highlanders" or "the tall ones", and it is derived from the ancient Greek. Here are some facts about Macedonia. * Census data from 2014 shows a population of 2,069,162. * Macedonia has a total area of 25,713 km2 (9,928 sq mi). * Macedonia is a landlocked country. * The country Official language is [...]
Man Sentenced To Death For Leaking State Secrets In China
A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to foreign agencies. The man identified as Huang Yu, is a computer technician from Sichuan. Huang Yu worked for for an encryption research institute in Sichuan province but was sacked due to his incompetence. After loosing his job one day, he contacted a foreign spy agency online to sell some important [...]
Jamaica Plans To Drop Queen Elizabeth As Their Official Head Of State
Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, announced plans on Thursday to make constitutional amendment to drop Queen Elizabeth as their official head of state and replace her with a non-Executive President in the country. The Queen, who has a ceremonial role in the country, is represented on the island by the governor-general, who is appointed on the advice of the [...]
Iceland PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson Resigns After Being Linked To Panama Scandal
Iceland PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has temporarily resigned from office amid mounting public outrage that he hid millions in offshore account as shown on documents allegedly leaked from a Panamanian law firm. According to a government press statement, in the face of growing popular uproar in his tiny mid-Atlantic nation over his links to an offshore company in a Caribbean tax [...]