Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometers (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar whose capital city is Port Louis. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon. The islands of…
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, officially known as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign state in Northwest Africa. It is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north and northwest by Western Sahara, on the northeast by Algeria, on the east and southeast by Mali, and the southwest by Senegal….
Officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a country in West Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa; geographically situated between the Sahel to the north, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean; covering an area of 923,769 square kilometers (356,669 sq mi), with a population of over 221 million. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising 36…
Niger or the Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa named after the Niger River. Niger is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest, Mali to the west, and Algeria to…
Namibia officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean whose capital is Windhoek. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east, and South Africa to the south and east. With a surface area of 824,290 square kilometers, it is similar in size to Mozambique. The current population of Namibia is…
Senegal is a country in West Africa its bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal’s southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal’s economic and political capital is Dakar….
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelagic island country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean at the eastern edge of the Somali Sea. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is 1,500 kilometers (800 nautical miles) east of mainland Africa. Nearby island countries and territories include the Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, and the French overseas regions of Mayotte and Réunion to the south;…
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, informally Salone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation whose capital is Freetown. Sierra Leone has a tropical climate with a diverse environment ranging from savanna to rainforests, with a total area of 71,740 km2…
Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa which officially consists of the intra-46th meridian east territory, the five federal member states. Somalia is the easternmost country of Africa, on the Horn of Africa. It extends from just south of the Equator northward to the Gulf of Aden. The capital, Mogadishu, is located just north of the Equator on the…
South Africa is in southernmost Africa, with a coastline that stretches more than 2,500 km (1,553 mi) and along two oceans (the South Atlantic and the Indian) the population of the people in South Africa is 61,547,060 as of Monday, July 3, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. Pretoria is the…