South Sudan officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in east/central Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya. It has a population of 11,586,538 of which 525,953 live in the capital and largest city Juba. Salva Kiir Mayardit also known as Salva Kiir is the President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Before independence, he was…
Sudan officially the Republic of the Sudan is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the countries of the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan, and the Red Sea whose capital is Khartoum With a population of 5,274,321. It has a population of 46,916,528 as of 2023, and occupies 1,886,068 square Kilometres (728,215 square miles), making it Africa‘s third-largest country by area, and the third-largest by area in…
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; the Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic…
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east, and Burkina Faso to the north. The country extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital and largest city Lomé is located. Togo has an area equal to 56,785 km2…
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, and is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east whose capital city is Tunis; covering 163,610 km2 (63,170…
Uganda officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southwest by Rwanda, and the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes…
Western Sahara is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the remaining 80% of the territory is occupied and administered by neighboring Morocco. Its surface area amounts to 266,000…
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern, and East Africa. Its neighbors are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola…
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe, formally the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa located between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers. South Africa borders it on the south, Botswana on the west, Zambia on the north, and Mozambique on the east. According to Worldometer’s elaboration of the most recent United Nations data, Zimbabwe had 15,269,397…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo République démocratique du Congo (RDC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa due to its capital Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is, by area, the second largest country in Africa (after Algeria), and the 11th largest in the world. With a population of 97,693,664…