Africa in figures and by country

Number of Individuals
1.2 billion
Number of Countries
54 countries
Number of Time Zones
6
Density: Population per km²
21.09
Internet Access
70 million
Number of Illiterate People
200 million
Number of FM Radio Stations
Over 8,000
Africans Under 18 Years Old
50%
Africans of Working Age by 2040
1.1 billion
African Cities with Populations Over 1 Million
52 cities
Average Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
51.5 years
Africans Living Outside the Continent
40 million
Annual Remittances by the African Diaspora
60 billion USD in Africa
Average Life Expectancy
52 years
Birth Rate
38‰
Death Rate
15‰
Africans Who Will Be Urbanized by 2030
50%
Percentage of Global Arable Land in Africa
60%
Continent's Growth Rate in the Last Decade
5% annually
Number of Languages
3,000
Cable Operators by Country
Up to 800
Overall Growth Rate
5%
Average Life Expectancy in the Maghreb Region
71-74 years
Total Area of Africa
30,268,016 km²
Mobile Phone Usage Rate in 2011
Over 60%
Number of Mobile Internet Users in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022
287 million
Number of Mobile Internet Users in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2030
438 million
Number of Mobile Users in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022
489 million
Number of Mobile Users in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2030
692 million
Jobs Directly Created by the Mobile Ecosystem in 2022
1.4 million
Indirect Jobs Created
2.2 million
Smartphones: Number of Connections in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030
Over 1.2 billion
Value Added by the Mobile Sector to Sub-Saharan Africa's Economy in 2022 (USD)
170 billion USD

According to a  World Economic Forum survey  in 2014, Sub-Saharan Africa is the most positive region in the world , making Africa the continent of hope. Africa is the  2nd largest continent in the world.
The surface area of ​​Africa is the size of the United States, China, India and much of Europe combined.

Presentation by country

North Africa

Algeria  : in Arabic  Al Jaza’ir , country of the  Maghreb . Its capital is  Algiers . Algeria is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east by Tunisia and Libya, to the southeast by Niger, to the southwest by Mali and Mauritania, to the west by Morocco
Independence: July 5, 1962

Egypt  : In Arabic  Misr , country located at the hinge of Africa and  Asia , the most populated in the Arab world. Its capital is  Cairo . Egypt is open to the Mediterranean Sea to the north and to the Red Sea to the east. Bordered to the west by Libya and to the south by Sudan, Egypt extends to the eastern end of North Africa and extends into the Asian continent by the  Sinai . This geographical location determines its belonging to the  Near East .
Independence: February 28, 1922

Libya  : In Arabic  Libyah , a country in  North  Africa , open to the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is Tripoli . Libya, one of the largest countries on the African continent, shares its borders with six countries. Some are part of the Arab countries: Egypt to the east, Algeria to the west and Tunisia to the northwest. The others belong to black Africa: Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south.
Independence: December 24, 1951

Morocco  : In Arabic  Al Maghrib , a country in the  Maghreb . Its capital is  Rabat . Morocco is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by  Mauritania  and to the east by  Algeria . The EU supports the UN’s efforts to resolve the conflict with Morocco. Inherited from the Spanish colonization of part of the country, the enclaves of  Ceuta  and  Melilla  are cut out on the Mediterranean coast of Morocco.
Independence: November 18, 1956

Tunisia  : In Arabic  Tunus , country of North Africa . Its capital is  Tunis . Tunisia overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east   ; the country is bordered to the south by Libya and to the west by Algeria. Tunisia is the oldest political entity in the  Maghreb. Open to the Mediterranean world, the country has welcomed great civilizations on its soil: Phoenician, Roman and Arab-Muslim. The first country in the Maghreb to have been Arabized, Tunisia, which became independent in 1956, appears today as a pole of stability in the region.
Independence: March 20, 1956

Sub-Saharan Africa

Benin  : Country in West Africa  , located on the Gulf of Guinea. Its official capital is  Porto-Novo , but its de facto capital, political and economic, is  Cotonou . Benin is bordered to the north by Burkina and Niger, to the east by Nigeria and to the west by Togo. Protectorate in 1894, then French colony of Dahomey, Benin gained full independence in 1960, under the name of Republic of Dahomey, before taking its current name in 1975.
Independence: August 1, 1960

Burkina Faso  : Country in West Africa  . Its capital is  Ouagadougou . Burkina is bordered by Mali to the north and west, Niger to the east, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast to the south. The former Upper Volta took the name Burkina Faso in 1984, meaning “the country of upright men”, when a socialist military regime was established. Today called Burkina, the country acceded to democracy in 1991.
Independence: August 5, 1960

Burundi  : In Kirundi  Burundi , landlocked country in Central Africa  , located in the Great Lakes region. Its capital is  Bujumbura . Burundi shares its borders with Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west, Lake Tanganyika and the Ruzizi serving as a natural border with this country. The democratization of the regime, since 1992, has been accompanied by a violent resumption of the conflict between Tutsi and Hutu. The massacres between these communities have marked the history of the country since its independence.
Independence: July 1, 1962

Cameroon  : In English (official language, with French)  Cameroon , country of Central Africa  open to the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is  Yaoundé . Cameroon is a member of the  Commonwealth . Cameroon is bordered to the west by Nigeria, to the northeast by Chad, to the east by the Central African Republic, to the south by Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
Independence: January 1, 1960

Cape Verde  : In Portuguese  Cabo Verde , island country of  West  Africa , located in the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Praia. The Cape Verde archipelago is located more than 500 km off the coast of Cape Verde, the westernmost tip of Africa. It consists of ten islands and five islets. To the north, the Windward Islands (Barlavento) include Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolao, Sal and Boa Vista. To the south, São Tiago (or Santiago), Brava, Fogo and Maio form the Leeward Islands (Sotavento). The Republic of Cape Verde was the first African state to experience a real political alternation following democratic elections in January 1991.
Independence: January 5, 1975

Central African Republic  : Country in Central Africa  . Its capital is  Bangui . The Central African Republic is bordered to the north by Chad, to the east by Sudan, to the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, and to the west by Cameroon. It is 1,815 km from the Atlantic Ocean, which is reached by river from Bangui to  Brazzaville  (Congo) and then  Pointe-Noire , by the Congo-Ocean railway. Although constituting a handicap from an economic point of view, its central position on the African continent gives the country a strategic interest. This is the reason for the long military presence of France in this former colony of Oubangui-Chari, which became independent in 1960.
Independence: August 13, 1960

Congo , republic of, country of Central Africa  . Its capital is  Brazzaville . The Republic of Congo is bordered by the Central African Republic to the north, the Democratic Republic of Congo to the east and south, Angola to the southwest (enclave of Cabinda), Gabon to the west and Cameroon to the northwest. It has a maritime facade, 169 km long, open to the Atlantic Ocean.
Independence: August 15, 1960

Democratic Republic of Congo , country of Central Africa  . Its capital is  Kinshasa . The Democratic Republic of Congo is bordered by the Republic of Congo to the west, the Central African Republic and Sudan to the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania to the east, Zambia and Angola to the south.
Independence: June 30, 1960

Ivory Coast  : Country of  West  Africa , open to the Gulf of Guinea. Its capital is Yamoussoukro . Ivory Coast is bordered to the north by Mali and Burkina Faso, to the east by Ghana, to the west by Liberia and Guinea and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea).
Independence: August 7, 1960

Gabon  : Country in equatorial Africa  , open to the Atlantic Ocean, of which more than three-quarters of the territory is covered by dense forest. Its capital is  Libreville . Gabon is bordered to the northwest by Equatorial Guinea, to the north by Cameroon, to the east and south by the Republic of Congo.
Independence: August 17, 1960

Gambia  : In English (official language)  The Gambia , country of  West  Africa . Its capital is Banjul . The Gambia is a member of the  Commonwealth . The Gambia is open to the west on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a narrow country whose northern, southern and eastern borders are cut into the interior of Senegal. Merging with the valley of the  Gambia River , to which it owes its name, this country constitutes one of the smallest states on the African continent. A colonial creation, the Gambia, a former British colony, has had to constantly resist the desire for unification of its Senegalese neighbor, on which it depends closely, since its independence in 1965.
Independence: February 18, 1965

Ghana  : In English (official language)  Ghana , country of  West  Africa , located on the Gulf of Guinea. Its capital is Accra . Ghana is a member of the  Commonwealth . Ghana is bordered to the west by Ivory Coast, to the north by Burkina and to the east by Togo. Former British colony of the Gold Coast, this country, which bears the name of the first medieval African empire, is the first in black Africa to have gained independence in 1957, under the leadership of the Pan-Africanist leader  Kwame Nkrumah .
Independence: March 6, 1957

Guinea  : Country of  West  Africa open to the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Conakry . Guinea is bordered to the northwest by Guinea-Bissau, to the north by Senegal, to the east by Mali, to the southeast by Ivory Coast and to the south by Liberia and Sierra Leone. The country includes the Los Islands, off the coast of Conakry. The first country in French-speaking Africa to gain independence in 1958 after refusing to join the French Community, Guinea, which then became a Revolutionary People’s Republic, suffered for more than twenty-five years under the dictatorship of Ahmed  Sékou Touré . After his death in 1984, the military led the liberalization of the economy and then, with difficulty, the democratization of the country.
Independence: October 2, 1958

Guinea Bissau  : In Portuguese  Guiné-Bissau , country in  West  Africa , open to the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Bissau, to which the country owes its name. Guinea-Bissau is bordered to the north by Senegal, to the east and south by Guinea. A very poor country, Guinea-Bissau is undermined by the burden of a very heavy debt and by unemployment affecting nearly 40% of the active population.
Independence: September 24, 1973

Equatorial Guinea  : In Spanish  Guinea Ecuatorial , country of  West  Africa , located in the Gulf of Guinea  (Atlantic Ocean). Its capital is  Malabo , on the island of Bioko. Equatorial Guinea consists of a continental part, Mbini, and an island part, Bioko .  Mbini is bordered to the north by Cameroon, to the east and south by Gabon. Equatorial Guinea is a former Spanish colony which has been subjected, since its independence in 1968, to a dictatorial regime. The democratization that began in 1992 has made little progress.
Independence: October 12, 1968

Liberia  : In English (official language)  Liberia , country in  West  Africa open to the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Monrovia . Liberia is bordered to the northwest by Sierra Leone, to the north by Guinea and to the east by Ivory Coast. The country was, in 1847, the first independent state in Africa, then colonized by European powers. Made up of freed slaves repatriated from the American continent, it was ruled until 1980 by the Americo-Liberians. The end of the political domination of these descendants of slaves marked the beginning of a conflict between different warlords, in open struggle for power since 1989.
Independence: July 26, 1847

Mali  : Country in  West  Africa . Its capital is Bamako . Mali, crossed by the Tropic of Cancer, is a landlocked country, without access to the sea. It is bordered by Algeria to the northeast, Niger to the southeast, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Guinea to the south, Senegal and Mauritania to the west.
Independence: June 20, 1960

Mauritania  : In Arabic  Muritaniya , Saharan and Sahelian country of  West  Africa . Its capital is Nouakchott . Mauritania is bathed on its western coast by the Atlantic Ocean, bordered to the north by Morocco and Algeria to the east and to the southeast by Mali and to the southwest by Senegal. Country of the  Moors , from which it takes its name, Mauritania, created as such by the French colonizer in 1902, is a land of contact, a “bridge” between black Africa  and the  Maghreb . More recently, rivalries between Arab-Berbers, traditionally dominant, and Blacks, who no longer accept the domination of the former, have been expressed violently, particularly between 1989 and 1991.
Independence: November 28, 1960

Niger  : Landlocked country in  West  Africa . Its capital is Niamey . The borders of Niger, inherited from colonization, are rectilinear and artificial. It is bordered to the north by Algeria and Libya, to the east by Chad, to the south by Nigeria and Benin, and to the west by Burkina and Mali.
Independence: August 3, 1960

Nigeria  : In English (official language)  Nigeria , country in West Africa  . Its capital is  Abuja , but its main commercial center is  Lagos . Nigeria is a member of the  Commonwealth. Nigeria is open to the Gulf of Guinea. It is bordered to the north by Niger, to the east by Chad and Cameroon, and to the west by Benin.
Independence: October 1, 1960

Rwanda  : In Kinyarwanda  Rwanda , a country in Central Africa  located in the heart of the African Great Lakes region. Its capital is  Kigali . Rwanda is bordered to the north by Uganda, to the east by Tanzania, to the south by Burundi and to the west by the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lake Kivu. Its population density is one of the highest on the African continent. This is one of the causes of the human tragedy that the “country of a thousand hills” has experienced since 1994, marked by the massacres of several hundred thousand  Tutsi  and  Hutu .
Independence: July 1, 1962

São Tomé & Principe  : In Portuguese  São Tomé e Príncipe , island country in West Africa  , located in the Gulf of Guinea. Its capital is the city of  São Tomé .
Independence: July 12, 1975

Senegal  : Country in  West  Africa , open to the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Dakar . Senegal is bordered to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the north by Mauritania, to the east by Mali, to the south by Guinea-Bissau and Guinea. In the south of the country, Gambia  constitutes  a long enclave. Former French colony, became independent on June 20, 1960, the country has played an important role in the region and more generally on the African continent since that date. Bordered to the north by Mauritania, to the east by Mali, to the south by Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.
Independence: April 4, 1960

Sierra Leone  : In English (official language)  Sierra Leone , country of  West  Africa . Its capital is Freetown . Sierra Leone is a member of the  Commonwealth . Sierra Leone is open to the west and south on the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered to the north and east by Guinea and to the southeast by Liberia. Former British colony founded in 1787 to accommodate former slaves from the United States and the Antilles, the country gained independence in 1961. Destabilized by several coups d’état from 1967, Sierra Leone was devastated by civil war in the 1990s.
Independence: April 27, 1961

Chad  : In Arabic  Tshad , country of Central Africa  . Its capital is  Ndjamena. Chad is bordered to the north by Libya, to the east by Sudan, to the south by the Central African Republic and to the west by Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger – three states with which it shares the waters of  Lake Chad . A legacy of rivalries between European colonizers in Africa, the demarcation of Chad’s borders has fueled a long dispute with Libya over the  Aozou strip  (114,000 km2), which the International Criminal Tribunal definitively awarded to Chad in February 1994. A link between Arabized white Africa and black Africa, attached until 1960 to French Equatorial Africa (FEA) , Chad has experienced, since its independence in 1960, a succession of internal conflicts provoking French military interventions. The opposition between the Muslim North and the animist and Christian South still threatens national unity.
Independence: August 11, 1960

Togo  : Country in  West  Africa . Its capital is Lomé . Togo overlooks the  Gulf of Guinea  ; the country is bordered to the north by Burkina, to the east by Benin and to the west by Ghana. Colonized successively by the Germans, then by the French and the British, Togo, independent since 1960, has begun, since 1990, a slow and difficult process of democratization, which was marked, in 1993, by exactions of the armed forces against the population and the mass exodus of the inhabitants of Lomé.
Independence: April 27, 1960

East Africa

Comoros  : In Arabic  Juzur al Qamar , country located in the Indian Ocean , at the northern entrance to the  Mozambique Channel , and comprising the islands of Grande Comore (or Ngazidja), Mohéli (Mwali) and Anjouan (Nzwani). Its capital is  Moroni , a city on Grande Comore. The Comoros archipelago, a bridge between Africa, Madagascar and the Near East, has a fourth island,  Mayotte  (or Maoré). This island, following a referendum in which the other islands chose independence, preferred to remain under French sovereignty.
Independence: July 6, 1975

Djibouti  : In Arabic  Jibuti , country in East Africa  located at the entrance to the Red Sea and belonging to the  Horn of Africa . Its capital is the city of Djibouti. Djibouti is bordered to the east by the Gulf of Aden, to the southeast by Somalia, to the south and west by Ethiopia and to the north by Eritrea. The country is separated from the Arabian Peninsula by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is 30 km wide.
Independence: June 27, 1977

Eritrea  : In Arabic  Iritriya  and in Tigrinya  Értra , country in northeastern Africa . Its capital is  Asmara . Located at the edge of the geopolitical region of the  Horn of Africa , Eritrea’s neighbors are Djibouti to the south, Ethiopia to the west, and Sudan to the north. Conquered many times during the 20th century, first by the Italians, then by the British, and finally by the Ethiopians (then Ethiopia’s gateway to the Red Sea), Eritrea gained independence in 1993, after a liberation war that lasted thirty-five years.
Independence: May 28, 1993

Ethiopia  : In Amharic  Ityop’iya , a country in East Africa  , located in the  Horn of Africa . Its capital is  Addis Ababa . Ethiopia is bordered to the northeast by Eritrea and Djibouti, to the southeast by Somalia, to the southwest by Kenya, and to the west by Sudan. Heir to ancient Abyssinia (see History section), Ethiopia, ravaged over the last twenty-five years by wars and famines, is today one of the poorest countries in the world. The 20th century was marked by the reign of Haile Selassie I  (from 1930 to 1974), interrupted by the Italian occupation  between 1936 and 1941. His reign and the monarchy ended during the  revolution of 1974. It was quickly recovered by the  military junta of the  Derg , quickly led by  Mengistu . It was the  Eritrean independence struggle , which began in 1962, which led to the fall of the regime in 1991. The preservation, at least relative, of its independence characterized Ethiopia during the colonial period of Africa.
National holiday: May 28

Mauritius  : In English (official language)  Mauritius , island in the Indian Ocean  belonging to the Mascarene archipelago. Its capital is  Port-Louis . Mauritius is a member of the  Commonwealth . Mauritius is located east of Madagascar and northeast of the island of Réunion. The country includes Mauritius proper, Rodrigues Island to the east, Agalega Island to the north, and the Saint-Brandon archipelago (or Cargados Carajos reefs) to the northeast. It also claims the Chagos archipelago  to  the northeast, including the island of Diego Garcia which has become an American military base.
Independence: May 12, 1968

Kenya  : In Swahili and English (official languages)  Kenya , country of  East  Africa . Its capital is Nairobi . Kenya is a member of the  Commonwealth . Kenya is bathed by the Indian Ocean, bordered to the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, to the east by Somalia and to the south by Tanzania.
Independence: December 12, 1963

Madagascar  : In Malagasy  Madagasikara , island country located in the Indian Ocean , separated from the southeastern coast of Africa by the  Mozambique Channel , consisting of the island of Madagascar and several small islands, including that of  Nosy Be . Its capital is  Antananarivo  (also known as Tananarive).
Independence: June 26, 1960

Mayotte , overseas collectivity belonging to  Overseas France , archipelago in the Indian Ocean located halfway between Madagascar and the African continent, north of the Mozambique Channel and at the southeastern end of the  Comoros archipelago .

Uganda  : In English (official language)  Uganda , country in East Africa  . Its capital is  Kampala . Uganda is a member of the  Commonwealth. Uganda is landlocked between Sudan to the north, Kenya to the east, Tanzania and Rwanda to the south, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the west. A prosperous country when it gained independence in 1962, initially spared from ethnic and political tensions, Uganda experienced deadly conflicts and a long dictatorship from 1967. The return to political stability and economic recovery, which began in the second half of the 1980s, remain fragile.
Independence: October 9, 1962

Réunion , overseas department and region (DOM-ROM, or DROM) of  France , located in the Mascarene archipelago, approximately 700 km east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Its capital is  Saint-Denis . Before the Overseas Program Law of July 21, 2003, Réunion was an overseas department (DOM).
Independence:

Seychelles  : In Seychellois  Sesel , country and archipelago located in the western Indian Ocean , northwest of Madagascar. Its capital is  Victoria , which is on the island of Mahé. Seychelles is a member of the  Commonwealth .
Independence: June 29, 1976

Somalia  : In Somali  Soomaaliya  and in Arabic  As Sumal , country in eastern Africa , located in the  Horn of Africa . Its capital is  Mogadishu . Somalia is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Aden, to the east and south by the Indian Ocean, to the southwest by Kenya, to the west by Ethiopia and to the northwest by the Republic of Djibouti.
Independence: July 1, 1960

Sudan  : In Arabic  As Sudan , country of East Africa  . Its capital is  Khartoum . Sudan overlooks the  Red Sea  ; the country is bordered to the north by Egypt, to the east by Eritrea and Ethiopia, to the south by Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the west by the Central African Republic, Chad and Libya. It is crossed from north to south by the  Nile Valley . Sudan takes its name from the Arabic expression “Bilad al-Sudan”, formerly used to designate all the countries of black Africa sub-Saharan. However, while its northern part belongs, by language and religion, to the Arab-Muslim world, its southern part, animist and Christian, is anchored in the sub-Saharan domain. This geographical divide, associated with a political domination exercised to the detriment of the populations of the South, largely contributed to the outbreak of the civil war which has torn Sudan apart almost uninterruptedly since independence acquired in 1956. The arrival of the Islamists in power (in 1989) rekindled the continuation of the fighting.
Independence: January 1, 1956

Tanzania  : In English and Swahili  Tanzania , country of East Africa  . Its capital is  Dodoma . Tanzania is a member of the  Commonwealth . Tanzania overlooks the Indian Ocean; The country is bordered to the north by Kenya and Uganda, to the northwest by Rwanda and Burundi, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southwest by Zambia and Malawi, and to the south by Mozambique. Three lakes also constitute natural borders: Lake  Victoria , separating Tanzania from Uganda; Lake  Tanganyika , shared between Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and Lake  Malawi . The Republic of Tanzania was born in 1964 from the union of Tanganyika, independent since 1962, and the island of Zanzibar.
Independence: April 26, 1964

Southern Africa

South Africa  : Country in southern Africa , the southernmost on the continent. Its administrative capital is  Pretoria , its legislative capital  Cape Town . South Africa is a member of the  Commonwealth . South Africa is bordered to the north by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland. Its eastern and southern coasts are bathed by the Indian Ocean, while its western coast overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. Lesotho  forms  an enclave in the east of the country. An economic power on the African continent, with a multi-ethnic population, South Africa has entered a new phase in its history since 1990, breaking with apartheid , a system of racial segregation that prevailed throughout the 20th century.

Angola  : In Portuguese  Angola , country in Africa , located at the crossroads of Central Africa and Southern Africa. Its capital is  Luanda . Angola is open to the west on the Atlantic Ocean . It is bordered to the north and east by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the east by Zambia, and to the south by Namibia.
Independence: November 11, 1965

Botswana  : In English (official language)  Botswana , country in southern Africa  . Its capital is  Gaborone . Botswana is a member of the  Commonwealth . Botswana is bordered to the north and west by Namibia, to the north by Zambia, to the east by Zimbabwe, and to the southeast and south by South Africa.
Independence: May 30, 1966

Lesotho  : In Sesotho and English (official languages)  Sesotho , country in southern Africa  , entirely landlocked in South Africa. Its capital is  Maseru . Lesotho is a member of the  Commonwealth . Formerly Basutoland, which became independent in 1966, Lesotho was built against South African expansionism.
Independence: October 4, 1966

Malawi  : In Chichewa and English (official languages)  Malawi , country of  East  Africa . Its capital is Lilongwe . Malawi is a member of the  Commonwealth. Malawi is bordered by Tanzania to the northeast, Mozambique to the east and south, and Zambia to the west. It stretches along Lake Malawi, a natural border with Tanzania and Mozambique. A quarter of its territory is made up of lakes. Former British protectorate of Nyasaland, Malawi, independent since 1964, is a hinge country between East Africa and Southern Africa.
Independence: July 6, 1964

Mozambique  : In Portuguese  Moçambique , country of southern Africa  . Its capital is  Maputo . Mozambique is open to the Indian Ocean (Mozambique Channel), bordered to the north by Tanzania, to the west by Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia and to the south by South Africa and Swaziland. Former Portuguese colony, independent since 1975, Mozambique has been scarred by fifteen years of civil war.
Independence: June 25, 1975

Namibia  : In English (official language)  Namibia , country of southern Africa  . Its capital is  Windhoek . Namibia is a member of the  Commonwealth . Namibia is bordered to the north by Angola and Zambia, to the east by Botswana, to the southeast by South Africa and to the west by some 1,500 km of desert coastline bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Formerly South West Africa, which became Namibia in 1968, the country, colonized by Germany ,  then by South Africa, gained independence in 1990.
Independence: March 21, 1960

Saint Helena , island of the United Kingdom located in the South Atlantic Ocean  , approximately 1,900 km west of Africa. Saint Helena is of volcanic origin and its terrain is rugged and mountainous, reaching a height of 820 m in the High Hills in the southwest; its area is 122 km2, for a population estimated in 1988 at 5,564 inhabitants.

Swaziland  : In English  Swaziland  and in siSwati  eSwatini , country of southern Africa  . Its capital is  Mbabane . Swaziland is a member of the  Commonwealth . Swaziland is an enclave within South Africa, bordered to the east by Mozambique. Swaziland has been independent since 1968; the country was formed around the Swazi nation.
Independence: September 6, 1968

Zambia  : In English (official language)  Zambia , country of  South-East  Africa . Its capital is Lusaka . Zambia is a member of the  Commonwealth. Zambia is landlocked between the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southwest, Zimbabwe, Botswana and the Caprivi Strip of Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west. A former British colony of Northern Rhodesia, Zambia took its current name upon gaining independence on 24 October 1964.
Independence: 24 October 1964

Zimbabwe  : In English (official language)  Zimbabwe , country in southern Africa  . Its capital is  Harare . Zimbabwe is bordered by Zambia to the north, Mozambique to the east, South Africa to the south and Botswana to the southwest. A former British colony of Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980, after a long conflict that began in 1965 following the break between white settlers and the  United Kingdom,  and at the end of which the black majority came to power. The country was then symbolically renamed Zimbabwe in reference to the medieval kingdom and the archaeological site of the same name (Zimbabwe).
Independence: April 18, 1980

South Sudan  :  South Sudan , in long form  the Republic of South Sudan  is a country in East Africa  whose capital is  Juba . It is often called, by anglicism,  South Sudan . Following the  self-determination referendum  held from  January 9  to  15 ,  2011 , South Sudan seceded from the  Republic of Sudan  on  July , 2011. 7 Despite the  immediate recognition  of the State, disputes remain over the definitive demarcation of the border. Independence: July 9, 2011