Countries in Africa

Algeria is a country in north west Africa. The capital of Algeria is Algiers. People in Algeria speak Arabic.

Benin is a country in west Africa. The capital of Benin is Porto-Novo, and the largest city in Benin is Cotonou. People in Benin speak French.

Burkina Faso is a country in West Africa. The capital of Burkina Faso is Ouagadougou. People in Burkina Faso speak French.

Cabo Verde, formerly known in English as Cape Verde, is an island country in the central Atlantic Ocean. The capital of Cabo Verde is Praia. People in Cabo Verde speak Portuguese.

The Central African Republic is a country located in Central Africa. The capital of the Central African Republic is Bangui. People in the Central African Republic speak French and Sango.

Comoros is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. The capital of Comoros is Moroni. People in Comoros speak French, Comorian, and Arabic.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, and nicknamed Congo-Kinshasa was colonized by Belgium (it was famously the private property of King Leopold II, and later called the Belgian Congo). In the 1970s and 80s, a dictator renamed the whole country Zaire, but it changed back to the DRC in 1997. It is the second-largest country in Africa by land area. The capital of The Democratic Republic of the Congo is Kinshasa.

Djibouti is a small, strategically vital nation in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and the Red Sea.
The capital of Djibouti is Djibouti City.

Equatorial Guinea is a country located in Central Africa. The capital of Equatorial Guinea is Ciudad de la Paz. People in Equatorial Guinea speak French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Ethiopia has the second largest number of people of any African country. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa. People in Ethiopia speak Amharic.