The republic of Cape Verde an island country located on the north of Atlantic Ocean and western coast of Africa opposite to Senegal and Mauritania. Praia is the capital of Cape Verde. It was an undeveloped island which was discovered by the Portuguese in the 15th century, in the year 1975 it got independence from Portugal. The islands of Cape Verde were uninhabited before the arrival of the Europeans. The colony of Ribeira Grande was founded by Portuguese when they arrived at Santiago. Ribeira Grande was the first colony of Europeans in this tropical zone. The islands got the name as Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) because of the near by Cap Vert on the coast of Senegal this name was given by Portuguese. This land was the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century and was attacked by the Pirates. Ribeira  [...] 

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The unitary Republic of Cameroon is a country which connects western and central Africa. Surrounded by Nigeria on the west side, and east side with the Central African Republic, Chad on the northeast side and Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo on the south side. The Bight of Bonny is the costal line of Cameroon which is the part of Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Guinea. This country is also called as “Africa in miniature” for its cultural and geological diversity. There are many beaches, deserts, mountains, savannas and rainforests and Mount Cameroon is the highest point which is located in the southwest. Garoua, Yaounde, Douala are the largest cities of Cameroon. There are more than 200 different linguistic and ethnic groups. This country is branded for its indigenous style  [...] 

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Surrounded by six countries it is landlocked nation in West Africa. Niger from the east, Mali from the north, Ghana and Togo from the south, Benin from the south east side, Cote d Ivories from the south west. It was previously called as Republic of Upper Volta and was renamed by the president Thomas Sankara on 4th August, 1984. It was called as “The land of upright people” and now with the name Burkina Faso where Burkina means “men of integrity” and Faso means “father’s house”. Ouagadougou is the capital of Burkina Faso, after the independence from France in the year 1960 the change started after this year in the government operations at present it operates in a different way then before. This country is stated at sixth place in the Human Development Index. The hunter-gathers  [...] 

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The Republic of Botswana is a surrounded by land country. It is located in Southern region of Africa. General public of Botswana are known as the “Batswana” (singular: Motswana), in spite of the variation in ethnicity. In earlier times the Republic of Botswana was a British territory of Bechuanaland. Later the region of Botswana had adopted its new-fangled name after flattering its freedom in the Commonwealth on 30 September of the year 1966. It is surrounded by South Africa to the south as well as the southeastern edge. Namibia is located to the west as well as north of the country and Zimbabwe is placed to the northeastern edge. It congregates with Zambia at a particular point. In nature the nation is horizontal and up to 70% of the total area of Botswana is enclosed by the Kalahari  [...] 

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Benin is formally known as the Republic of Benin. It is a country located in West Africa. Togo is placed to the western border of the country, where as Nigeria is located to its eastern edge and Burkina Faso as well as Niger is situated to the country’s northern boundary; its petite shoreline in the southern region makes a way to the Bight of Benin. The total area stretched across the country is over 110000 sq km. The total populace residing in the country is a little more than 8,500,000. The city of Porto-Novo is the capital of the country. The city was been discovered by the Yoruba however the bench of administration do take a seat in the Fon city located in Cotonou. A self-governing administration involving almost 12 years between 1960 and 1972 was tracked by a self-declared “Marxist-Leninist”  [...] 

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Angola is officially named as the Republic of Angola. It is a country located in southern-central region of Africa. The country is been surrounded by Namibia, which is placed on the southern edge, Democratic Republic of the Congo is placed on the northern side, and the province of Zambia is located to the east. The western coast of the country is on the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave region of Cabinda has a boundary with the Republic of the Congo and also with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola was a Portuguese out of the country nation from the early sixteenth century to the year 1975. After sovereignty, Angola was the prospect of a powerful social conflict starting from the year 1975 to 2002. The nation is the large fuel and diamond manufacturer in sub-Saharan Africa region; on the  [...] 

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Algeria is officially known as the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Algeria is a country which is situated in North Africa. It is the biggest country in the region of the Mediterranean Sea. The country is also the second biggest country on the African continent and also the Arab world just following Sudan, and also the eleventh biggest country in the globe in conditions of ground area. Location:- Algeria is surrounded by Tunisia in the northeast side, by Libya in the eastern side, where as Niger in the southeast region, Mali as well as Mauritania in the southwestern side, a small amount of kilometers of the Moroccan  prohibited Western Sahara is positioned in the southwestern side. Morocco is placed in the west and also northwestern region, whereas the Mediterranean Sea is positioned  [...] 

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