A North African kingdom with Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, known for cities like Marrakesh.
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Morocco's blue city of Chefchaouen is a popular tourist destination.
An Indian Ocean island nation with multicultural society, financial services, and luxury tourism.
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Mauritius has transformed from sugar-based economy to financial hub.
A Northwest African country with Saharan landscapes, Arab-Berber culture, and iron ore resources.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, is one of the world's newest major cities, founded in 1958.
A landlocked West African country with a rich history including Timbuktu, facing security challenges.
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Mali was home to the medieval Mali Empire, one of Africa's most powerful states.
A landlocked Southern African country known as the 'Warm Heart of Africa', with Lake Malawi.
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Malawi relies heavily on agriculture, with tobacco as a major export crop.
A large island nation with unique wildlife, vanilla production, and French cultural influences.
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Madagascar is home to lemurs found nowhere else on Earth.
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My dad is always listening to Mbhaqanga.
In South African restaurants, Mondays are known as Mogodu Mondays, where they serve Mogodu, usually on special.
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Let’s go to Mogodu Monday next week.
Mogodu is a South African dish which is a combination of chopped serobe (tripe) and mala (intestines), served as a stew often with hot pap or dumpling
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I can’t wait for Monday so that I can have mogodu at Mogodu Monday.
Makoer is directly translated from Afrikaans to English someone who is a domesticated asshole, essentially it means your a special kind of asshole
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Afr: Daai makmoer moet my nie plaa nie-
Eng: that asshole shouldn't bother me
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