Mali vs African country

Mali and African country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mali	Yes	No	No	No
African country	Yes	No	No	No

Mali (noun)	African country (noun)
a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years	any one of the countries occupying the African continent