Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.

Location: Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo.

Location: Southern Africa, north of South Africa.

Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana.

Location: Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.

Strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.

Location: Central Africa, south of Libya.

Has narrow strip of land that controls the lower Congo River and is only outlet to South Atlantic Ocean.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia.

Controls Sinai Peninsula, only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon.

Strategic geopolitical position along world's busiest shipping lanes.

Three major crops are believed to have originated in Ethiopia: coffee, grain sorghum and castor bean.

Almost an enclave of Senegal; smallest country on the continent of Africa.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Cote d'Ivoire and Togo.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal.

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania.

Location: Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa.

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone.

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia; more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert.

World's fourth-largest island; strategic location along Mozambique Channel.

Location: Southern Africa, east of Zambia.

Location: Western Africa, southwest of Algeria.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara.

Location: Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania.

Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa.

One of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture.

Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon.

Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Most of the country is savanna grassland with the population predominantly rural.

Location: Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon.

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania; westernmost country on the African continent.

Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Liberia.

Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, east of Ethiopia.

Location: Sahel region of northeastern Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia.

Location: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.

Location: Southern Africa, between Mozambique and South Africa. Almost completely surrounded by South Africa.

Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique.

Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya.

Eastern Africa, west of Kenya; well-watered country with many lakes and rivers.

Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.

Southern Africa, east of Angola.

Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia.