Category: Places


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.

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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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A North African country with oil wealth, Mediterranean coastline, and recent political turmoil.
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Ancient Leptis Magna in Libya contains some of the best-preserved Roman ruins.

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A West African country founded by freed American slaves, with rubber plantations and recovery from civil war.
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Monrovia, Liberia's capital, is named after U.S. President James Monroe.

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A mountainous Southern African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, known for textiles.
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Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation.

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An East African hub for technology and tourism, famous for wildlife, Nairobi, and marathon runners.
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Kenya's Maasai Mara hosts the annual wildebeest migration.

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A small West African country with Portuguese influence, cashew production, and political challenges.
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Guinea-Bissau's economy depends heavily on cashew nut exports.

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A West African country with mineral riches including bauxite, facing political instability.
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Conakry, Guinea's capital, is located on the Atlantic coast on the Tombo Island.

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A stable West African democracy known for gold, cocoa, and as a center of pan-African culture.
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Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule.

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Africa's smallest mainland country along the Gambia River, known for beaches and political transition.
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The Gambia is surrounded by Senegal on three sides and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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