CIA World Factbook

Chad emerged from a collection of powerful states that controlled the Sahelian belt starting around...

The Central African Republic (CAR) is a perennially weak state that sits at the crossroads...

Powerful chiefdoms ruled much of the area of present-day Cameroon before it became a German...

The Portuguese discovered and colonized the uninhabited islands of Cabo Verde in the 15th century;...

Established in the 1600s, the Burundi Kingdom has had borders similar to those of modern...

Many of Burkina Faso’s ethnic groups arrived in the region between the 12th and 15th centuries. The...

In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or...

Present-day Benin is comprised of about 42 ethnic groups, including the Yoruba in the southeast,...

Bantu-speaking people settled in the area now called Angola in 6th century A.D.; by the 10th century...

Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians,...