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Did you know?

1. No African country names begin with the letters F, H, I, J, O, P, Q, V, W, X, or Y.

2. Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent.

3. The Republic of the Congo is one of the most urbanized countries in Africa.

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Legal Drinking Age in Africa

Legal Drinking Age in Africa there are seven African countries that have no official minimum legal drinking ages and no restrictions.
African beer made at home

Legal drinking age in Africa varies between no age to 15, 18, 21 or alcohol is illegal to serve and drink. Ginger beer is widely home-brewed and consumed throughout Africa. 

The name ginger beer is actually a misleading term, as most commercial ginger beer is a soft drink and contains no alcohol such as the popular Coca-Cola South African Stoney Ginger Beer. Home brewed ginger beer and other fermented drinks may have low alcohol levels as compared to commercial African Breweries.

The legal drinking age in South Africa is 18, however, mostly all Muslims prohibit Muslims and non-Muslims, from drinking alcohol at any age, due to Islam forbidding the consumption of alcohol. 

Libya, Mauritania, Somalia, and Sudan are the four African countries that forbid drinking alcohol of any form. Alcohol is illegal for Muslims and purchase by others is highly restricted. Non-Muslim tourists are allowed to bring two bottles of alcohol for personal use.
 
There are seven African countries that have no official minimum legal drinking ages and no restrictions as listed by the World Health Organization Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, and Togo. The remaining 43 African countries drinking ages vary between the ages of 15-21 or no information was provided.

List of Legal Drinking Ages in 54 African Countries

List of Legal Drinking Ages in 54 African Countries

Northern Africa Legal Drinking Age
Algeria age 18
Egypt age 21
Libya Illegal
Morocco age 16
Sudan Illegal
Tunisia age 18

Eastern Africa Legal Drinking Age 
Burundi age 18 Without An Adult, No Age Limit If Accompanied By An Adult
Djibouti age 18 Non-Muslims Only
Eritrea age 18
Ethiopia age 18
Kenya age 18
Madagascar age 18
Malawi age 18
Mauritius age 18
Mozambique age 18
Rwanda age 18
Seychelles age 18
Somalia Illegal
South Sudan No Data on drinking age
Tanzania age 18
Uganda age 18


Central Africa Legal Drinking Age 
Angola age 18
Cameroon age 21
The Central African Republic age 21 At Bars And Restaurants, 15 To Buy In Stores
Chad age 18
The Democratic Republic of the Congo age 18
Republic of the Congo age 16 For Beer And Wine, 18 Otherwise
Equatorial Guinea age 21
Gabon age 18
São Tomé and Príncipe No Minimum Age

Western Africa Legal Drinking Age 
Benin No Minimum Age
Burkina Faso No Minimum Age
Cabo Verde age 18
Cote d'Ivoire age 21
The Gambia age 18
Ghana age 18
Guinea age 18
Guinea-Bissau No Minimum Age
Liberia age 18
Mali No Minimum Age
Mauritania Illegal
Niger age 18
Nigeria age 18
Senegal age 18
Sierra Leone No Minimum Age
Togo No Minimum Age

Southern Africa Legal Drinking Age 
Botswana age 18
Eswatini age 18
Lesotho age 18
Namibia age 18
South Africa age 18
Zambia age 18
Zimbabwe age 18

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Drink recipes to whip up today.

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Africa is surrounded by water but is not an island, here are a few African Island facts.

Madagascar is the 4th large island in the world and is located in the Indian Ocean supporting a unique biology, about 90% of its plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth.

Composed of 155 islands, Seychelles is Africa's smallest country. By far the largest island is Mahe, home to about 90% of the population and the site of its capital city of Victoria.

Cabo Verde has a strategic location 310 miles or 500 km from the west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.

Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent. Continents can not be considered islands because of their size and also by historic definition since many people who study geography define islands and continents as two different things.

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