Africa

Africa is the second largest continent in the world. It is almost four times the size of the United States if you exclude Alaska. Africa is best characterized by the term diversity. It has more than 1000 different languages, ethnic groups and indigenous religions. Christianity, Islam and Judaism are also practiced on the continent. It is divided into five different geographical regions.

Central Africa

1. Cameroon
2. Central African Republic
3. Chad
4. Congo
5. Democratic Republic of
the Congo
6. Equatorial Guinea
7. Gabon
8. Sao Tome' 		East Africa

1. Burundi
2. Comoros
3. Djibouti
4. Eritrea
5. Ethiopia
6. Kenya
7. Madagascar
8. Mauritius
9. Rwanda
10. Seychelles
11. Somalia
12. Sudan
13. Tanzania
14. Uganda
North Africa

1. Algeria
2. Egypt
3. Libya
4. Morocco
5. Tunisia
6. Western Sahara		 West Africa

1. Benin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Cape Verde
4. Cote d' Ivoire
5. Gambia
6. Ghana
7. Guinea
8. Guinea - Bissau
9. Liberia
10. Mali
11. Mauritania
12. Niger
13. Nigeria
14. Senegal
15. Sierra Leone
16. Togo
Southern Africa

1. Angola
2. Botswana
3. Lesotho
4. Malawi
5. Mozambique
6. Namibia
7. South Africa
8. Swaziland
9. Zambia
10. Zimbabwe



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