The Gambia, a country on the western coast of Africa, fronting the Atlantic Ocean. Senegal encloses the country on the other three sides. Straddling the Gambia River, the country extends eastward for ...

Investment/Business Opportunities: Côte d’Ivoire is among Africa’s fastest growing economies and is the largest economy in francophone Africa. Côte d’Ivoire has a relatively well-developed energy (6 ...

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the ...

KEY FACTS Capital city : Addis Ababa Date of joining OUA or AU: 25 May 1963 the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country in the northeastern part of Africa, known as the Horn of Africa.

Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda,is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. One of the smallest countries on the African ...

Senegal is located at the westernmost point of the African continent in the Atlantic Ocean, at the confluence of Europe, Africa and the Americas, and at a crossroads of major sea and air routes.

Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately 400 kilometres (250 miles) off the coast of ...

The name "Sierra Leone" dates back to 1462, when Portuguese explorer Pedro da Cintra, sailing down the West African coast, saw the tall mountains rising up on what is now the Freetown Peninsula and ...

In 1999, the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU decided to convene an extraordinary session to expedite the process of economic and political integration in the continent. On ...

The African Union (AU) is the continental body consisting of 55 Member States that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002, as the successor to the ...