Africa

• South Africa

  A republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United...

• Egypt

  A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an...

• Congo

  A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960.

• Tanzania

  A republic in eastern Africa.

• Sudan

  A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the...

• Nigeria

  A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960;...

• Angola

  A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal...

• Uganda

  A landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in...

• Ghana

  A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by...

• Malawi

  A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom...

• Mozambique

  A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent...

• Zimbabwe

  A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence...

• Namibia

  A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West...

• Benin

  A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control.

• Rwanda

  A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony.

• Botswana

  A landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control...

• Kenya

  A republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major...

• Zambia

  A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia...

• Burundi

  A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyi...

• Cameroon

  A republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control...

• Ethiopia

  Is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia.

• Libya

  A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely...

• Mali

  A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali...

• Togo

  A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French con...

• Guinea

  A republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence...

• Lesotho

  A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the...

• Niger

  A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the...

• Somalia

  A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare.

• Chad

  A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960.

• Djibouti

  A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control...

• Gabon

  A republic on the west coast of Africa.

• Gambia

  A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa.

• Liberia

  A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slav...

• Madagascar

  A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960.

• Mauritania

  A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence...

• Senegal

  A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony...

• Sierra Leone

  A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961.

• Swaziland

  A landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved...

• Central African Republic

  A landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control;...

• Congo

  A republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960.

• Ivory Coast

  A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically...

• Equatorial Guinea

  A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became...

• Guinea-Bissau

  A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal...

Arab League

• Algeria

  A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly...

• Morocco

  A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population;...

• Tunisia

  A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from...

Also contains

• Eritrea

  An African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia...