{Africa countries} Africa has north, south, east, west, and equatorial countries.
{Abyssinia} Ancient country is in northeast Africa, southeast of Sudan. New name is Ethiopia.
{Djibouti} Country is in east-central Africa, on Gulf of Aden. Capital is Djibouti.
{Eritrea} Country is in northeast Africa, on Red Sea. Capital is Asmara.
{Ethiopia} Country is in east Africa, southeast of Sudan, and makes coffee, chat narcotic, banana-like ensete, and oily noog. Capital is Addis Ababa.
{Kenya} Country is in east Africa, south of Ethiopia, on Indian Ocean. Capital is Nairobi. It has Lake Victoria. It has Lake Turkana. It has Mt. Kenya. It has Mt. Kilimanjaro.
{Somalia} Country is in east Africa, east of Ethiopia. Capital is Mogadishu.
{Tanganyika} Country is in east Africa. New name is Tanzania. It has Lake Tanganyika. It has Lake Victoria. It has Mt. Kilimanjaro.
{Tanzania} Country is in east Africa, south of Kenya. Old name was Tanganyika. Capital is Dodoma. Port is Dar Es Saalam.
{Belgian Congo} Colony was in central Africa, north of Angola. New name is Republic of Congo.
{Burundi} Country is in east central Africa, between Congo and Tanzania. Capital is Bujumbura.
{Cameroon} Country is in west Africa, southeast of Nigeria. Capital is Yaounde.
{Central African Republic} Country is in central Africa, north of Congo. Capital is Bangui.
{Congo Republic} Country is in west-central Africa, south of Gabon. Capital is Brazzaville. It has Congo River.
{Democratic Republic of Congo} Country is in west-central Africa, east of Congo. Capital is Kinshasa. It has Congo River.
{Equatorial Guinea} Country is in west central Africa, between Cameroon and Gabon. Capital is Malabo.
{Gabon} Country is in west central Africa, north of Congo. Capital is Libreville.
{Rwanda} Country is in east-central Africa, between Uganda and Burundi. Capital is Kigali.
{Sao Tome and Principe} Country is islands west of Gabon. Capital is Sao Tome.
{Uganda} Country is in east Africa, west of Kenya. Capital is Kampala. It has Lake Victoria.
{Algeria} Country is in northwest Africa, south of Spain, and has oil. Capital is Algiers. Main cities are Constantine and Oran. It has Atlas Mountains.
{Chad} Country is in north central Africa, south of Libya. Capital is N'Djamena. It has Lake Chad.
{Cush or Kush} Ancient country was in south Egypt, on Nile River. It is also Kush.
{Egypt} Country is in northeast Africa, on Mediterranean and Red Sea. Capital is Cairo. It has Lake Nasser.
{Libya} Country is in north Africa, west of Egypt, and has oil. Capital is Tripoli.
{Mali} Country is in northwest Africa, south of Algeria and east of Mauritania. Capital is Bamako.
{Mauritania} Ancient and modern country is in northwest Africa, west of Mali. Capital is Nouakchott.
{Morocco} Country is in northwest Africa, south of Spain. Capital is Rabat. Main cities are Marrakech, Casablanca, and Fes. It has Atlas Mountains. It has Mt. Jobel Toubkai.
{Niger} Ancient and modern country is in north central Africa, north of Nigeria. Capital is Niamey.
{Nubia} Ancient kingdom was in south Egypt and north Sudan. It is Upper Egypt.
{Numidia} Ancient country was in north Algeria.
{Spanish Sahara} Colony was in northwest Africa. New name is Western Sahara.
{Sudan} Country is in northeast Africa, south of Egypt. Capital is Khartoum.
{Tunisia} Country is in north Africa, between Algeria and Libya. Capital is Tunis.
{Western Sahara} Country is in northwest Africa, south of Morocco, and is Morocco territory. It is associated with Morocco.
{Angola} Country is in southwest Africa, south of Congo. Capital is Luanda.
{Basutoland} Previous country was in South Africa.
{Bechuanaland} Previous country was in South Africa.
{Botswana} Country is in south Africa, north of South Africa. Capital is Gaborone.
{Comoros} Country is islands east of Malawi. Capital is Moroni.
{Lesotho} Country is inside South Africa. Capital is Maseru.
{Madagascar} Large island is east of Mozambique. New name is Malagasy. Capital is Antananarivo.
{Malagasy} Large island is east of Mozambique. Old name was Madagascar.
{Malawi} Country is in northwest Mozambique. Capital is Lilongwe. It has Lake Malawi or Lake Nyasa.
{Mauritius} Country is islands east of Madagascar. Capital is Port Louis.
{Mozambique} Country is in southeast Africa, between Tanzania and South Africa. Capital is Maputo. It has Zambesi River.
{Namibia} Country is in southwest Africa, between Angola and South Africa. Old name was Southwest Africa. Capital is Windhoek.
{Northern Rhodesia} Colony was in east Africa.
{Nyasaland} Previous country was in South Africa.
{Rhodesia} Country is in south-central Africa, north of South Africa and west of Mozambique, and has copper, coal, manganese, iron, and uranium. New name is Zimbabwe.
{Seychelles} Country is islands far east of Tanzania. Capital is Victoria.
{South Africa} Country is in southernmost Africa and has industry and diamonds. Capital is Pretoria. Main cities are Johannesburg in northeast, Cape Town at Cape of Good Hope, and Durban on east coast. Orange River is in west.
{Southern Rhodesia} Colony was in east Africa.
{Southwest Africa} Country is in southwest Africa. New name is Namibia.
{Swaziland} Country is in South Africa. Capital is Mbabane.
{Transvaal} Country was in South Africa. Newer name was Boer Republic.
{Zambia} Country is in south Africa, south of Congo, and has copper, coal, manganese, iron, and uranium. Capital is Lusaka.
{Zimbabwe} Country is in south Africa, north of South Africa and west of Mozambique. Capital is Harare.
{Abidjan, country} Country is in Ivory Coast.
{Benin, country} Ancient and modern country is in west central Africa, between Togo and Nigeria. Capital is Porto-Novo.
{Burkino-Faso} Country is in west-central Africa, north of Ghana. Capital is Ougadougou.
{Cape Verde Islands} Island country is west of Senegal. Capital is Praia.
{Dahomey} Previous country was in west Africa.
{French Somali} Colony was in west Africa.
{Gambia} Country is in west Africa, in Senegal. Capital is Banjui.
{Ghana} Country is in west Africa, east of Ivory Coast. It was also an ancient country in west Mali. Capital is Accra.
{Guinea, country} Country is in west Africa, south of Senegal. Capital is Conakry.
{Guinea-Bissau} Country is in west Africa, between Guinea and Senegal. Capital is Bissau.
{Ivory Coast} Country is in west Africa, west of Ghana (Gold Coast) and east of Liberia. Capital is Yamous.
{Liberia} Country is in west Africa, west of Ivory Coast. Capital is Monrovia.
{Nigeria} Country is in west Africa, between Cameroon and Benin, and has oil. Capital is Abuja.
{Rio Muni} Previous country is in Africa.
{Senegal} Country is in west Africa, between Mauritania and Guinea. Capital is Dakar.
{Sierra Leone} Country is in west Africa, between Liberia and Guinea. Capital is Freetown.
{Togo} Country is in west Africa, between Ghana and Benin. Capital is Lome.
{Upper Volta} Previous country was in west Africa.
{Zaire} Previous country was in west-central Africa and has copper, coal, manganese, iron, and uranium.
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