African country
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4 letters

CHAD
A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

MALI
A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years

TOGO
A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control

5 letters

LIBYA
A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum

BENIN
A country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control

GABON
A republic on the west coast of Africa

ZAIRE
A republic in central Africa; achieved independence from Belgium in 1960

KENYA
A republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya

CONGO
Black tea grown in China

GHANA
A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British"

NIGER
A landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert

EGYPT
An ancient empire to the west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament

SUDAN
A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

6 letters

ANGOLA
A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990

RWANDA
A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony

MALAWI
A landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964

UGANDA
A landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962

ZAMBIA
A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964

7 letters

LIBERIA
A republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves

ALGERIA
A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s

NAMIBIA
A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa

SOMALIA
A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare

NIGERIA
A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country

LESOTHO
A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

MOROCCO
A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

SENEGAL
A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960

BURUNDI
A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika

ERITREA
An African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993

TUNISIA
A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956; "southern Tunisia is mostly desert"

8 letters

ZIMBABWE
A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980

ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia

TANZANIA
A republic in eastern Africa

9 letters

SWAZILAND
A landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968

11 letters

SIERRALEONE
A republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961

13 letters

AFRICANNATION
Any one of the countries occupying the African continent