Three very poor countries in a doomed region

Republic of Mali President Assimi Goita and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last year. PHOTO: VIA REUTERS These countries are absolute losers by every metric: literacy (below half even among the young); GDP per capita (less than $US100 a month); health (life expectancy around 60 years, versus low 80s in every major developed country except the United States.)

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