Madagascar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Rwanda

Alternative spelling of Ruanda: Rwanda (a country in East Africa)


Sudan

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

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Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Congo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Zaire

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


From Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos), probably via Arabic نِيل (nīl).


Volta

Borrowed from Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”).


Comores

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


Níger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)

Niger (a major river in West Africa, that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria)


Egipte

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Benín

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Algèria

[əʎˈʒɛ.ɾi.ə]


Costa d'Ivori

[ˈkɔs.tə ð‿iˈβɔ.ɾi]

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Marroc

From Old Catalan Marrocs, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš).


Sud-àfrica

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Etiòpia

Borrowed from Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops).


Somàlia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Cap Verd

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Moçambic

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Guinea Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Sudan del Sud

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South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


Guinea Equatorial

Equatorial Guinea
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Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Nigèria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Maurici

Borrowed from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Given name popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


República Centreafricana

Calque of French République centrafricaine.

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Central African Republic
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Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


República Democràtica del Congo

[rəˈpub.bli.kə ðə.muˈkɾa.ti.kə ðəl ˈkoŋ.ɡu]

[rəˈpub.bli.kə ðə.moˈkɾa.ti.kə ðəl ˈkoŋ.ɡo]

[reˈpu.bli.ka ðe.moˈkɾa.ti.ka ðel ˈkoŋ.ɡo]

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Swazilàndia

Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)


Orient Mitjà

(geopolitics) Middle East (a region of Western Asia and North Africa)


Sàhara Occidental

Western Sahara
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Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)