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Tanzania is the largest country in East Africa and includes the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba, and Mafia. It was formed...

Mauritania is a country in northwest Africa. The largely-desert country presents a cultural contrast, with an Arab-Berber population to the...

Sao Tome and Principe, island country of Central Africa, located on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea. It consists...

Burkina Faso, landlocked country in western Africa. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper Volta in 1960. Burkina...

Ghana is a unitary country in West Africa. It lies adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean...

The name “Ethiopia” originates from the Greek words aitho (I burn) and ops (face), which together signify “scorched faces.” Ethiopia...

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), country located on the coast of western Africa. Ivory Coast has two capital cities. Yamoussoukro has...

Burundi is one of the few countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, along with its neighbour Rwanda, among others (such as Botswana,...

Senegal in West Africa has long been considered one of the region’s model democracies, boasting a history of stable government...

Guinea is a country in Western Africa bordering Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and the Northern Atlantic...