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Let’s Start with Algeria. Algeria is the largest country in Africa but only about 10%
of the country is actually inhabitable with 90% of the country comprised of the Sahara desert.
Angola. Angola’s capital city Luanda is the most expensive city for ex-pats.
Benin. The flag of the Kingdom of Benin features a man beheaded with a sword
Botswana. Botswana has parliamentary constituencies called Kanye North & Kanye South.
Burkina Faso means “Land of incorruptible people’ but only scored 40 out of a hundred on the
transparency international corruption index. Burundi. In 1996, Burundi was the poorest
country to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Venyutsu Nyongabo in the 5000 meters race.
Cameroon. Cameroon raised 3.77 US dollars to help America during the great depression.
Cape Verde. Cape Verde takes the top spot for a variety of criteria in Africa
and has been referred to by Barack Obama as “A real success story”
Central African Repblic. The central African Republic and Chad are the first countries
alphabetically that border each other. Chad. Chad and Romania have the same flag.
Comoros. The name Comoros is from an Arabic word that means “The moon”.
The Democratic Republic of Congo. The DRC is home to the world’s largest lava lake
The Two Congos; the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo have the closest capital
cities of any two countries in the world. Ivory Coast. Ivory Coast National and football
star Didier Drogba brought an end to a 5-year civil war.
Djibouti. Djibouti gets its name from its capital Djibouti.
Egypt. Egypt has the oldest and only wonder of the 7 wonders of the world which is still intact.
Eritrea. Since independence, Eritrea has never had an election. All elections have
been scheduled and canceled. They have had just a leader to date. Isaias Afwerki
Equatorial Guinea. Despite popular belief, the equator does not pass through Equatorial Guinea.
Eswatini. In 2018, Eswatini changed its name from Swaziland to avoid confusion with Switzerland.
Ethiopia. The Ethiopian calendar has 13 months, 12 months of 30 days each,
and the 13th month of 5 or 6 days. Gabon. Gabon has the only natural fission reactor.
Gambia. Gambia has the most absurd map. It is surrounded by Senegal and its
orders follow the meandering river the Gambia. Ghana. In 2010 during the Ghana vs Germany FIFA
world cup, Kevin Boateng and Jerome Boateng were the first brothers to play against each other.
Guinea. Guinea pigs do not originate from Guinea but from the Andes mountain in South America.
Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau nationals are referred to as Bissau-Guineans.
Kenya. Kenyan athlete Elliot Kipchoge holds the marathon record at 2 hours 1 minute and 39
seconds attained at the Berlin marathon in 2018. The last 3 record holders also are from Kenya.
Lesotho. Lesotho is the largest enclaved country. It is surrounded by South Africa.
Liberia. Liberia was founded by freed American slaves.
They choose to imitate the American constitution as well as their flag.
Libya. Libya has had just one king known as Idris the first of Libya who ruled from 1951 to 1969.
During his reign, the country was called “The United Kingdom of Libya”
Madagascar. Over 90% of wildlife in Madagascar isn’t found anywhere else on earth.
Malawi. Lake Malawi is also known as the calendar lake.
Its length is 365 miles and its width is 52 miles Mali. Mansa Musa of Mali is known to be the
richest man who has ever lived with an estimated net worth of 400 Billion dollars.
Mauritania. In Mauritania, the bay of Nouadhibou is the largest ship graveyard in the world.
Mauritius. The Dodo is the national animal of Mauritius.
Morocco. The university of al-Qarawiyyin in Morocco is the oldest operating university in
the world. It was established in 859. Mozambique. In the game of Scrabble,
Mozambique is the highest one-word scoring country name. 34 points.
Namibia. Before 1990, Namibia was part of South Africa and was known as South West Africa.
Niger. The country Niger is named after the river Niger. Same with Nigeria.
Nigeria. Nigeria has the 2nd largest film industry in the world which accounts for 5% of its GDP.
The film industry is called Nollywood. Rwanda. Rwanda has the highest number
of women in parliament with over 61%. Sao Tome & Principe. Before the arrival of the
Portuguese, Sao Tome and Principe was uninhabited. Senegal. Senegal has a naturally pink lake.
Seychelles. Seychelles in the Indian ocean measures 459 kilometers square
and is considered a country in Africa making it the smallest country in Africa.
Sierra Leone. Freetown in Sierra Leone was founded by freed slaves.
Somalia. The short for Somalia’s currency, the Somalia Shilling is “SOS”
South Africa. South Africa has 3 different capital cities. Pretoria, Capetown and Bloemfontein.
South Sudan. South Sudan is the newest country in the world and was admitted into the UN in 2011.
Sudan. Sudan has the most pyramids than any country in the world.
Yes, you heard that right. It isn’t Egypt. Tanzania. The shortest war ever occurred
in Tanzania and lasted 38 minutes. The Anglo-Zanzibar war.
Togo. The name Togo means “by the water” and was given to a coastal town that is
not called Togoville. Tunisia. Much of the
Starwars movie was filmed in Tunisia. Uganda. Yoweri Museveni has been president
of Uganda since 1986 term, and age limits were scrapped in 2005 and 2017 respectively.
Zambia. Zambia has the highest national park coverage of any other country.
It stands at 32% of its total land area. Zimbabwe. The first-ever president of Zimbabwe was
called President Banana. A law was passed in 1982 banning people from making jokes about his name.
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