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  • Full name: Full names (translated to english) of the United Nations member states, as of 2014. For a list of full names in the respective original languages of each country, check this link.
  • Independence day date: Date.
  • Land border length: The length of each country's land border. Islands are listed as having a 0.0 km.
  • National anthems: National anthem.
  • Neighboring countries and territories: The countries and territories neighboring each country. "L" means they share only a land border and "M" means they have only maritime boundaries. A blank means they share both.
  • Number of maritime boundary neighbours: Number of states and territories with which each country shares a maritime border. Two countries separated from each other by a body of water have a maritime border with each other.
  • Overview: A geopolitical overview of every sovereign country in the world, briefly examining their recent history and place on the global stage. The texts are taken from the BBC News website.
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Burundi
Niger
Full name Republic of Burundi The Republic of Niger
Independence day date July 1 August 3
Land border length 974 km
Ranked 121st.
5,697 km
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than Burundi
National anthems Burundi Bwacu ( Our Burundi ) La Nig\u00e9rienne ( The Nigerien )
Neighboring countries and territories Democratic Republic of the Congo (L) Rwanda (L) Tanzania (L) Algeria (L) Benin (L) Burkina Faso (L) Chad (L) Libya (L) Mali (L) Nigeria (L)
Number of maritime boundary neighbours 0.0
Ranked 132nd.
0.0
Ranked 136th.
Overview <p>Burundi, one of the world&#039;s poorest nations, is struggling to emerge from a 12-year, ethnic-based civil war.</p> <p>Since independence in 1962 it has been plagued by tension between the usually-dominant Tutsi minority and the Hutu majority.</p> <p>The ethnic violence sparked off in 1994 made Burundi the scene of one of Africa&#039;s most intractable conflicts.</p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13085064">Full Article</a> <p>A vast, arid state on the edge of the Sahara desert, Niger endured austere military rule for much of its post-independence history and is rated by the UN as one of the world&#039;s least-developed nations.</p> <p>The drought-prone country sometimes struggles to feed its people. Its main export, uranium, is prone to price fluctuations and agriculture is threatened by the encroaching desert. Niger is bargaining on oil exploration and gold mining to boost its fortunes.</p> <p>Historically a gateway between North and sub-Saharan Africa, Niger came under French rule in the late 1890s. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13943662">Full Article</a>

SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states; Wikipedia: List of national independence days (List); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land borders (Land borders) (Note: land border lengths will vary depending on the scale by which they are measured, and therefore these figures without a source accompanied by an explanation of how they were measured and at what scale makes comparisons impossible; for more information see coastline paradox .); Wikipedia: List of national anthems (Anthems of United Nations member states) ("List of Member States" . United Nations . Retrieved 2011-07-21 .); Wikipedia: List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014

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