Small and landlocked, Rwanda is hilly and fertile. It borders the far larger and richer Democratic Republic of Congo, and East African neighbors, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi. With the support of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Rwanda has made important economic and structural reforms and sustained its economic growth rates over the last…
Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital city of Algeria is Algiers with of population 1,977,663. Algeria covers an area of 2,381,741 square kilometers (919,595 sq. mi), making it the world’s tenth-largest nation by area, and the largest nation…
Angola, located in Southern Africa, has a wide variety of landscapes, including the sub-Saharan desert that reaches Namibia, mild Atlantic beaches, and a complex system of rivers. The country’s colonial history is reflected in its Portuguese-influenced cuisine and its landmarks including Fortaleza de São Miguel, a fortress built by the Portuguese in 1576 to defend…
Benin officially the Republic of Benin and formerly known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the northwest, and Niger to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean south. Benin covers an area of 114,763 square kilometers (44,310 sq mi) with a population of Benin is 13,069,518 as of Tuesday, June 27, 2023, based on Worldometer…
The officially the Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa whose capital is Gaborone. Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast….
Officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border….
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about 4,033 square kilometers (1,557 sq mi). These islands lie between 600 and 850 kilometers (320 and 460 nautical miles) west of Cap-Vert, the westernmost point of continental Africa, whose capital is Praia. The…
Cameroon in long form the Republic of Cameroon (in English: Cameroon and Republic of Cameroon), is a country in Central Africa, located between Nigeria in the north -northwest, Chad to the north-northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, the Republic of the Congo to the southeast, Gabon to the south, Equatorial Guinea to the…
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. The current population of the Republic of Chad is 17,833,401 as of Thursday, June 29, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. 1.6 million of…
Comoros, officially the Union of Comoros, is an archipelagic country in the Indian Ocean, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel of the eastern coast of Africa whose capital is Moroni. It shares maritime borders with Madagascar and Mayotte to the southeast, Tanzania to the northwest, Mozambique to the west, and the Seychelles to…