Africa

ZIMBABWE IS a landlocked country in southern Africa. It is bordered by South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, and Zambia.

ZAMBIA IS LOCATED in central Africa and is slightly larger than the state of Texas. It is completely landlocked, with the Zambezi River forming a natural boundary between Zambia and Zimbabwe to the south.

AS OF 2005, Western Sahara, formerly called Spanish Sahara, was officially occupied by Morocco. Western Sahara is one of the most inhospitable places on earth.

THE ORIENTAL REPUBLIC of Uruguay, more simply known as Uruguay, is a South American country with a population of about 3.4 million people and situated along the Atlantic Ocean between Argentina and Brazil.

UGANDA IS A LANDLOCKED east-central African country bounded by Tanzania and Rwanda on the south, Congo (formerly Zaire) on the west, Sudan to the north, and Kenya to the east.

LONG BEFORE THE ROMANS sacked the Phoenician city of Carthage, Tunisia, located in the center of the North Africa’s Mediterranean coast, influenced the region’s land and sea routes.

TOGO SITS ON the southern end of the western portion of Africa. This narrow strip of land has 35 mi (55 km) of beautiful coastline and rolling hills and plateaus in the interior sections.

TANZANIA IS A LARGE COUNTRY located on the Indian Ocean in eastern Africa. It was formerly known as Tanganyika. In 1964, Tanganyika united with the Island of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania.

THIS TINY, LANDLOCKED, southern African monarchy is surrounded by the Republic of South Africa on three sides and Mozambique on the east.

BORDERED BY THE Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, and Uganda, Sudan is Africa’s largest country.

IN 1980, NINE FRONTLINE southern African countries came together as the South African Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) to promote economic stability, increase interdependence, mitigate poverty, and battle the issue of apartheid in South Africa.

OFFICIALLY called the Republic of South Africa, the country is a semiarid subtropical state located on the southernmost tip of Africa.

SOMALIA OCCUPIES a strategic location along Africa's northeast coast at the southern approaches to Bab el Mandeb and the route through Red Sea to the Suez Canal.

THE SKELETON COAST is part of Africa’s southwestern coastline. It runs from Namibia’s Cape Cross north to the Kunene River.

LOCATED ALONG the north Atlantic Ocean in western Africa, Sierra Leone borders the Republic of Guinea and Liberia.

SENEGAL IS A FLAT, low-lying arid country located on the westernmost cape of Africa. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau, Senegal has well-defined dry and rainy seasons.

SAHEL (OR SAHIL) MEANS “edge or border” in Arabic. The Sahel is a semiarid transitional zone between the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the humid savannah zone of Africa.

THE SAHARA IS THE world’s largest desert. Covering about 3,320,000 square mi (8,600,000 square km) it is roughly the size of the United States.

RWANDA, LOCATED in Central Africa, is a landlocked country of savanna grassland with a population that is predominantly rural.

Nubia, known as the Gateway to the Sudan, does not exist as a political entity in the 21st century.

NIGERIA, THE MOST populous nation in Africa, is bordered to the south by the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west and east by the Republic of Benin and Cameroon, respectively.

A LANDLOCKED republic in West Africa, Niger is bordered by Algeria to the northwest, Mali and Burkina Faso to the west, Benin to the southwest, Nigeria to the south, Chad to the east, and Libya to the northeast.

LOCATED IN NORTHERN Tanzania, 80 mi (129 km) west of the city of Arusha is the Ngorongoro Crater.

Namibia, formerly known as South West Africa (SWA), is located in southern Africa.

LOCATED OFF the country of Mozambique in Africa, the Mozambique Channel lies within the Indian Ocean, between the African continent and the island of Madagascar.

MOZAMBIQUE IS located in southeast Africa and is about twice the size of California.

MOROCCO REPRESENTS the finest example of multicultural fusion, combining 2,000 years of languages, rituals and customs, cuisine and foods, and religions into one colorful and productive blend called Al Maghreb.