Africa

Burundi’s a little patch in East Africa, wedged between Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Congo, with Lake Tanganyika on one side.

Burundi’s culture isn’t some tourist trap or a cute display for outsiders. It’s the real deal, the heartbeat that keeps

Zimbabwe Southern Africa Population: ~16 million Capital: Harare Official Languages: 16 including English, Shona, Ndebele Time Zone Central Africa Time

Zambia Southern Africa Population: ~20 million Capital: Lusaka Official Language: English Time Zone Central Africa Time (CAT) UTC+2 No daylight

Uganda East Africa Population: ~47.1 million Capital: Kampala Official Languages: English, Swahili Time Zone East Africa Time (EAT) UTC+3 No

Tunisia North Africa Population: ~12 million Capital: Tunis Official Languages: Arabic (official), French widely used Time Zone Central European Time

Togo West Africa Population: ~8.5 million Capital: Lomé Official Language: French Time Zone Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) UTC+0 No daylight

Tanzania East Africa Population: ~62 million Capital: Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (commercial) Official Languages: Swahili, English Time Zone East

Sudan Northeast Africa Population: ~45 million Capital: Khartoum Official Languages: Arabic, English Time Zone Central Africa Time (CAT) UTC+2 No

South Sudan East-Central Africa Population: ~11 million Capital: Juba Official Languages: English, Arabic (various dialects) Time Zone East Africa Time

South Africa Southern Africa Population: ~60 million Capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial) Official Languages: 11 languages including

Somalia East Africa (Horn of Africa) Population: ~17.1 million Capital: Mogadishu Official Languages: Somali, Arabic Time Zone East Africa Time

Sierra Leone West Africa Population: ~8.3 million Capital: Freetown Official Language: English Time Zone Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) UTC+0 No

Seychelles East Africa (Indian Ocean) Population: ~99,000 Capital: Victoria (Mahé) Official Languages: English, French, Seychellois Creole Time Zone Seychelles Time

Senegal West Africa Population: ~17.7 million Capital: Dakar Official Language: French Time Zone Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) UTC+0 No daylight

Rwanda East Africa Population: ~13.5 million Capital: Kigali Official Languages: Kinyarwanda, English, French, Swahili Time Zone Central Africa Time (CAT)

Nigeria West Africa Population: ~220 million Capital: Abuja Official Language: English Time Zone West Africa Time (WAT) UTC+1 No daylight

Niger West Africa Population: ~25.3 million Capital: Niamey Official Language: French Time Zone West Africa Time (WAT) UTC+1 No daylight

Namibia Southern Africa Population: ~2.6 million Capital: Windhoek Official Language: English Time Zone Central Africa Time (CAT) UTC+2 No daylight

Mozambique Southeast Africa Population: ~32 million Capital: Maputo Official Language: Portuguese Time Zone Central Africa Time (CAT) UTC+2 No daylight

Morocco North Africa Population: ~37 million Capital: Rabat Official Languages: Arabic & Amazigh (Berber) Time Zone Western European Time (WET)

Mauritius East Africa/Indian Ocean Population: ~1.3 million Capital: Port Louis Official Languages: English & French Time Zone Mauritius Time (MUT)

Mauritania Northwest Africa Population: ~4.7 million Capital: Nouakchott Official Languages: Arabic, French Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No

Mali West Africa Population: ~20.2 million Capital: Bamako Official Language: French Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No daylight

Malawi Southeast Africa Population: ~20 million Capital: Lilongwe Official Languages: English, Chichewa Time Zone CAT (Central Africa Time) UTC+2 No

Madagascar East Africa / Indian Ocean Population: ~28.4 million Capital: Antananarivo Official Languages: Malagasy, French Time Zone EAT (East Africa

Liberia West Africa Population: ~5.2 million Capital: Monrovia Official Language: English Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No daylight

Lesotho Southern Africa Population: ~2.2 million Capital: Maseru Official Languages: Sesotho & English Time Zone SAST (South Africa Standard Time)

Kenya East Africa Population: ~55 million Capital: Nairobi Official Languages: English & Swahili Time Zone EAT (East Africa Time) UTC+3

Guinea-Bissau West Africa Population: ~2 million Capital: Bissau Official Language: Portuguese Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No daylight

Guinea West Africa Population: ~13 million Capital: Conakry Official Language: French Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No daylight

Ghana West Africa Population: ~32 million Capital: Accra Official Language: English Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No daylight

The Gambia West Africa Population: ~2.5 million Capital: Banjul Official Language: English Time Zone GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) UTC+0 No

Gabon Central Africa Population: ~2.3 million Capital: Libreville Official Language: French Time Zone WAT (West Africa Time) UTC+1 No daylight

Ethiopia Horn of Africa Population: ~120 million Capital: Addis Ababa Official Language: Amharic Time Zone EAT (East Africa Time) UTC+3

Eswatini (Swaziland) Southern Africa Population: ~1.2 million Capitals: Mbabane (Administrative), Lobamba (Royal) Official Languages: English, siSwati Time Zone SAST (South

Eritrea Horn of Africa Population: ~3.5 million Capital: Asmara Official Languages: Tigrinya, Arabic, English Time Zone UTC+3 (East Africa Time)

Equatorial Guinea Central Africa Population: ~1.4 million Capital: Malabo (Constitutional), Oyala/Djibloho (Planned) Official Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese Time Zone UTC+1

Egypt North Africa/Middle East Population: ~104 million Capital: Cairo Official Language: Arabic Time Zone UTC+2 (Egypt Standard Time) Daylight saving

Djibouti Horn of Africa Population: ~1 million Capital: Djibouti City Official Languages: Arabic, French Time Zone UTC+3 (East Africa Time)

Côte d’Ivoire West Africa Population: ~28 million Capitals: Yamoussoukro (official), Abidjan (economic) Official Language: French Time Zone UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean

Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa Population: ~92 million Capital: Kinshasa Official Language: French Time Zone Western DRC: UTC+1

Comoros East Africa/Indian Ocean Population: ~870,000 Capital: Moroni Official Languages: Comorian, Arabic, French Time Zone UTC+3 (East Africa Time) No

Republic of Congo Central Africa Population: ~5.7 million Capital: Brazzaville Official Language: French Time Zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time) No

Central African Republic Central Africa Population: ~5 million Capital: Bangui Official Languages: French, Sango Time Zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time)

Chad Central/North Africa Population: ~16.9 million Capital: N’Djamena Official Languages: French, Arabic Time Zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time) No daylight