Countries in Africa are unlike any other.

Africa rests on both sides of the equator the range of climate and soil conditions on the continent Africa has created a diverse continent which any map of Africa cannot sufficiently document.

Listing of 54 countries and 5 regions in Africa

Explore and Understand Africa Through Her Food and Culture

3-23-2009

There are ❺ regions in Africa; North Africa, South Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa.

Africa’s geography is as diverse as its food. From the Sahara and Kalahari deserts, tropical regions, subarctic snow-capped volcanic Mount Kilimanjaro, to savannas, plains, and rain-forests. 

The range of climate and soil conditions in Africa has created a diversity of vegetables, fruits, wild and domesticated animals. Africa rests on both sides of the equator and is the only continent to extend from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. 

The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Liberia is Africa's oldest Republic since July 1847 and in July 2012 South Sudan became the newest African Republic.

African Regions and Countries

Eastern Africa 

Burundi

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritius

Mozambique

Rwanda

Seychelles

Somalia

Uganda

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Central (middle) Africa 

Angola

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea Gabon

Sao Tome and Principe

Northern Africa 

Algeria

Egypt

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya)

Morocco

Sudan

South Sudan

Tunisia

Southern Africa 

Botswana

Lesotho

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Western Africa 

Benin

Burkina Faso

Republic of Cabo Verde

Cote d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

African Women farmers planting seeds

Did you know?
Liberia is Africa's oldest Republic and South Sudan is the newest. A Republic is a country that is governed by elected leaders rather than by a king or queen.