Botswana
Botswana is a landlocked country in southern Africa, much of it taken up by the great Kalahari Desert, yet also home to the lush wetland of the…
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Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo, often called Congo-Brazzaville to distinguish it from its larger neighbour across the river, is a country in Central…
Gabon
Gabon is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, straddling the equator, and one of the most heavily forested nations on Earth. Dense…
Mauritania
Mauritania is a large country in northwest Africa, the great majority of it lying within the Sahara Desert, on the Atlantic coast between the Maghreb…
Liberia
Liberia is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa with a history unlike any other on the continent. It was founded in the early nineteenth…
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, a land of beaches, rainforest, and one of the world's largest natural harbours. Its…
Guinea
Guinea is a country on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, a land of green highlands, savanna, and forest that is sometimes called the water tower of…
Togo
Togo is a small, narrow country in West Africa, a thin strip of land running inland from a short Atlantic coastline to the dry savanna of the north.…
Benin
Benin is a narrow country in West Africa, stretching from a short Atlantic coastline northward to the dry savanna of the Sahel. It was the seat of…
Libya
Libya is a large country in North Africa, on the Mediterranean coast, the great majority of it covered by the Sahara Desert. A land of ancient Greek…
Tunisia
Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa, on the Mediterranean coast between Algeria and Libya, where the continent reaches closest to Europe. A…
Rwanda
Rwanda is a small, landlocked country in East-Central Africa, a green and mountainous land known as the land of a thousand hills. One of the most…
Somalia
Somalia is a country in the Horn of Africa, the easternmost point of the continent, with the longest coastline on mainland Africa, washed by the…
Chad
Chad is a large, landlocked country in north-central Africa, named after the great lake on its western edge that it shares with its neighbours.…
Niger
Niger is a vast, landlocked country in West Africa, named after the great river that crosses its southwestern corner, though most of its territory…
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, in the dry savanna and Sahel south of the Sahara. Its name, adopted after independence, means…
Mali
Mali is a large, landlocked country in West Africa, much of it lying within the Sahara Desert and the semi-arid Sahel, with the life-giving Niger…
Zambia
Zambia is a landlocked country in southern-central Africa, a high plateau land of savanna, rivers, and abundant wildlife. Named after the great…
Madagascar
Madagascar is a large island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of Africa, the fourth largest island in the world. Long isolated,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast country in Central Africa, the second largest on the continent by area, straddling the equator and…