Spratly Islands

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ff7944;">The Spratly Islands is an archipelago situated off the coasts of Malaysia, Philippines and southern Vietnam. These islands are a disputed group of 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. About 45 islands are occupied and claimed by relatively small numbers of military forces from China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan. The islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds and offer significant oil and natural gas reserves. These islands are one of the three archipelagos of the South China Sea which consist of more than 30,000 islands and reef, due to which there are complications regarding the governance in the region of Southeast Asia. These islands have little economic value in monetary terms but are important in establishing international boundaries.</p>
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Samoa

<p style="color:#dbdbdb;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #49fff8;">Samoa or officially called as ‘Independent State of Samoa’ is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It is located approximately midway between the islands of Hawaii and New Zealand. Samoa consists of seven islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. It comprises of two main islands of Samoa; Upolu and one of the biggest islands in Polynesia, Savaii. ‘Apia’ is the capital and the largest city. The Faleolo International airport and Apia are situated on the island of Upolu. Samoa was included in the United Nations on 15 December 1976. The island country was also called ‘Navigators Islands’ by the European explorers because of the Samoans seafaring skills. The Samoan islands have been produced by volcanic eruption, the source of which is the Samoa hotspot.</p>
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Nigeria

<p style="color:#dbdbdb;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ffa963;">Nigeria, officially known as the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has its name derived from the Africa’s third largest river, River Niger which is also the inspiration for its neighbouring country, Niger. And an interesting fact about this country is that it has the highest birth rate of twins in the world.</p>
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