Africa

Algeria

Africa's largest country, where the Sahara meets the Mediterranean

Angola

Atlantic oil power on the edge of the Kalahari

Benin

Birthplace of Vodun and heir to the Kingdom of Dahomey

Botswana

Diamonds, the Kalahari, and the watery miracle of the Okavango

Burkina Faso

The land of upright people at the heart of the Sahel

Burundi

A green, crowded heart in Africa's Great Lakes

Cameroon

Africa in miniature, from rainforest to Sahel

Cape Verde

A volcanic island nation adrift in the Atlantic

Central African Republic

A landlocked heart of the continent, rich in resources, scarred by conflict

Chad

A Saharan crossroads anchored by a vanishing lake

Comoros

A volcanic archipelago at the mouth of the Mozambique Channel

Côte d'Ivoire

West Africa's economic powerhouse and the world's cocoa giant

Democratic Republic of the Congo

A continent-sized country at the green heart of Africa

Djibouti

A strategic furnace at the gate of the Red Sea

Egypt

The gift of the Nile and a bridge between Africa and Asia

Equatorial Guinea

Central Africa's Spanish-speaking oil enclave

Eritrea

A Red Sea highland with a reputation for solitude

Eswatini

Africa's last absolute monarchy in the highveld hills

Ethiopia

The ancient highland heart of the Horn of Africa

Gabon

An equatorial nation that turned rainforest into national parks

Ghana

The Gold Coast and West Africa's beacon of democracy

Guinea

The water tower of West Africa, rich in bauxite

Guinea-Bissau

A maze of mangrove coast and the Bijagós Islands

Kenya

Savanna, summit, and the cradle of the safari

Lesotho

The mountain kingdom in the sky, surrounded by South Africa

Liberia

Africa's oldest republic, founded by freed slaves

Libya

A vast desert nation on the Mediterranean's southern shore

Madagascar

A continent of its own off the African coast

Malawi

The warm heart of Africa beside a great lake

Mali

Heir to Timbuktu and the great empires of the Niger

Mauritania

A Saharan bridge between Arab North and Black West Africa

Mauritius

A multicultural island where the dodo once walked

Morocco

Where the Atlas Mountains meet the Atlantic and the Sahara

Mozambique

A long Indian Ocean coast steeped in Swahili and Portuguese worlds

Namibia

Where the world's oldest desert meets the Atlantic

Niger

A Sahelian land of uranium and the southern Sahara

Nigeria

Africa's most populous nation and cultural superpower

Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville's oil republic on the great river's northern bank

Rwanda

The land of a thousand hills, remade after catastrophe

Sao Tome and Principe

Volcanic islands of chocolate and cloud forest

Senegal

The westernmost tip of Africa and a Sahelian democracy

Seychelles

A scattering of granite and coral in the open Indian Ocean

Sierra Leone

Lion mountains, diamonds, and a freed-slave legacy

Somalia

The Horn of Africa, where land meets two seas

South Africa

The rainbow nation at the continent's southern tip

South Sudan

The world's youngest nation, born of the Nile and long war

Sudan

Land of the two Niles, where Arab and African Africa meet

Tanzania

Roof of Africa, cradle of safari, and the Swahili shore

The Gambia

A river country threaded through the heart of Senegal

Togo

A slender sliver from the Gulf of Guinea to the Sahel

Tunisia

The compact crossroads of the Mediterranean and the Sahara

Uganda

The pearl of Africa at the source of the Nile

Zambia

Copper, the Zambezi, and the thundering smoke of Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

Stone cities, the Zambezi, and a land of dramatic reinvention