Something about West Affrica

Something about West Affrica

Rare Geography:

• Niger river originates from Loma Mountains in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is famous for minerals like Iron, Petrol, Uranium and Bauxite.
• Kainji Reservoir is in Nigeria, Volta Reservoir is in Ghana. Volta is the tributary of Niger. Lake Volta is the world's largest man made reservoir
• Ghana has the largest cultivation of Cocoa.
• Accra, Tokorabi and Kumasi are the three places in West Africa which are known as Cocoa triangle

Polity:

• Ghana is the only country in West Africa which has the Democracy. Now a days democracy is building in Sierra Leone.
• New Presidential elections were held in Ghana, in which John Dramani Mahama became the president for second consecutive period after defeating close opponent Nana Akufo-Addo
• Mali is another country in West Africa. It is facing political crisis. Mali is virtually divided into two parts. Southern part belongs to the Army and Premier. Northern part belongs to Tuareg and Ansardine Militant group which is backed by Al-Quaeda. They are demanding a separate nation called Azavo within Mali. They are doing illegal activities  like smuggling, purchasing arms and providing war training to militants against govt of Mali. African Union and ECOWAS want special military mission in Mali by the name of Afisma