Other country subdivsions include those arranged by the African Development Bank Group and the African Union.

The following are websites that provide access to maps of the Middle East and North Africa.

Africa is the world's second largest continent in area.  The countries differ immensely geographically, politically, socially, economically, and culturally.

The UN has subdivided the African continent into five regions:  Northern Africa , Central or Middle Africa , Southern Africa ,  East African , and  Western Africa

• Northern Africa countries include  Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara      
• Central or Middle African countries include  Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic - Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and São Tomé & Principe
• Southern Africa countries include  Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland
• East African countries include Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, , Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
  
• Western Africa includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo
  

This guide includes general resources focused by subject matter and country resources of external web links.  Individual country pages include links to history and culture related websites, as well as news resources and official government websites. 

Click on the country's name link above to access the individual country pages.