A French colony until 1960, this country contains the Bakoye [ba-KOY-ay], Bani, Diaka [dee-AH-ka] and Niger rivers, as well as the Iforas mountains in the northeast.  
Its boundaries are at roughly 12 degrees West to 4 1/2 degrees East longitude, and 25 degrees North to 11 degrees North latitude.  A French colony until 1960, this country contains the Bakoye [ba-KOY-ay], Bani, Diaka [dee-AH-ka] and Niger rivers, as well as the Iforas mountains in the northeast.  For 10 points, name this country, bordered by Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Guinea, Mauritania, and Algeria, home to the city of Timbuktu.
Its boundaries are at roughly 12 degrees West to 4 1/2 degrees East longitude, and 25 degrees North to 11 degrees North latitude.  
Mali