1. Country Profile Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa covering an area of 581,730 sq km, bordering South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The capital is Gaborone. Botswana is a unitary parliamentary republic…
1. Country Profile Geographical Location and Political Identity The Republic of Chad (République du Tchad) is a landlocked Central African country of roughly 1,284,000 sq km, bordering Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria and Niger. N’Djamena is the…
1. Country Profile Libya is located in North Africa along the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Tunisia and Algeria to the west, Niger and Chad to the south, Sudan to the southeast, and Egypt to the east.…
1. Country Profile Geographical Location: Located in the Maghreb region of northwest Africa; bordered by Algeria (east), Western Sahara (south), the Atlantic Ocean (west) and the Mediterranean Sea (north). The Strait of Gibraltar separates Morocco from Spain by roughly 14…
1. Country Profile Tunisia (officially the Republic of Tunisia) is located in North Africa, bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. It covers 163,610 sq. km and had…
1. Country Profile Geographical Location Egypt sits in the northeast corner of Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula extending into Southwest Asia. It borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel and the Gaza Strip to the northeast,…
1. Country Profile Algeria is Africa’s largest country by land area (2,381,741 km²), located in North Africa/the Maghreb, bordered by the Mediterranean, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia. Population: 47.25 million (2025 est.). Capital: Algiers. Official Political…
1. Country Profile 1.1 Geographical Location and Political Structure Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is located in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Benin, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, with a total land area of approximately…
1. Country Profile Country Name: Republic of Cameroon (French: République du Cameroun). Geographical Location: Central/West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea; land area ~475,442 km²; population ~30.06 million…
1. Country Profile South Africa (official name: Republic of South Africa) lies at the southern tip of the African continent, bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Eswatini, and entirely surrounding Lesotho. It has three capitals — Pretoria (administrative), Cape…
