This is a list of historical African place names. The names on the left are linked to the corresponding subregion(s) from History of Africa.
The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.
Islam in Africa is the continent's second most widely professed faith behind Christianity. Africa was the first continent into which Islam spread from the Middle East, during the early 7th century CE. Almost one-third of the world's Muslim population resides in Africa. Muslims crossed current Djibouti and Somalia to seek refuge in present-day Eritrea and Ethiopia during the Hijrah ("Migration") to the Christian Kingdom of Aksum. Like the vast majority (90%) of Muslims in the world, most Muslims in Africa are also Sunni Muslims; the complexity of Islam in Africa is revealed in the various schools of thought, traditions, and voices in many African countries. Many African ethnicities, mostly in the northern half of the continent, consider Islam as their traditional religion. The practice of Islam on the continent is not static and is constantly being reshaped by prevalent social, economic, and political conditions. Generally Islam in Africa often adapted to African cultural contexts and belief systems forming Africa's own orthodoxies.
The following is an alphabetical list of subregions in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa, used by the United Nations and maintained by the UNSD department for statistical purposes.
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies. The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.
The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.
The military history of Africa is one of the oldest military histories in the world. Africa is a continent of many regions with diverse populations speaking thousands of different languages and practicing an array of cultures and religions. These differences have also been the source of much conflict since a millennia.
This is an index of articles related to Africa, by country:
- Index of Algeria-related articles
- Index of Angola-related articles
- Index of Benin-related articles
- Index of Botswana-related articles
- Index of Burkina Faso-related articles
- Index of Burundi-related articles
- Index of Cameroon-related articles
- Index of Cape Verde–related articles
- Index of Central African Republic-related articles
- Index of Chad-related articles
- Index of Comoros-related articles
- Index of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related articles
- Index of Republic of the Congo–related articles
- Index of Djibouti-related articles
- Index of Egypt-related articles
- Index of Equatorial Guinea–related articles
- Index of Eritrea-related articles
- Index of Ethiopia-related articles
- Index of Gabon-related articles
- Index of Gambia-related articles
- Index of Ghana-related articles
- Index of Guinea-related articles
- Index of Guinea-Bissau-related articles
- Index of Ivory Coast-related articles
- Index of Kenya-related articles
- Index of Lesotho-related articles
- Index of Liberia-related articles
- Index of Libya-related articles
- Index of Madagascar-related articles
- Index of Mali-related articles
- Index of Mauritania-related articles
- Index of Mauritius-related articles
- Index of Mayotte-related articles
- Index of Morocco-related articles
- Index of Mozambique-related articles
- Index of Namibia-related articles
- Index of Niger-related articles
- Index of Nigeria-related articles
- Index of Réunion-related articles
- Index of Rwanda-related articles
- Index of Saint Helena-related articles
- Index of São Tomé and Príncipe-related articles
- Index of Senegal-related articles
- Index of Seychelles-related articles
- Index of Somalia-related articles
- Index of South Africa-related articles
- Index of Sudan-related articles
- Index of Tanzania-related articles
- Index of Tunisia-related articles
- Index of Uganda-related articles
- Index of Western Sahara-related articles
- Index of Zambia-related articles
- Index of Zimbabwe-related articles
This is a list of lists of cities in Africa.
Orthetrum brachiale, the tough skimmer or strong skimmer, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Burundi, and possibly São Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that grow in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. There are at least five species.
This page contains the lists of airports in Africa by country, grouped by region. The lists include both military air bases and civilian airports.
Tourism is an important economic sector for many countries in Africa. There are many countries that benefit heavily from tourism like Kenya, Uganda, Algeria, Egypt, South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Tanzania. The touristic particularity of Africa lies in the wide variety of points of interest, diversity and multitudes of landscapes as well as the rich cultural heritage. Also, an ecotourist industry is present in some African countries.
Athletics at the 2019 African Games was held from 26 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.
The AfroBasket 2021 qualification was a basketball competition that was played from January 2020 to July 2021, to determine the fifteen FIBA Africa nations who would join the automatically qualified host Rwanda at the AfroBasket 2021 final tournament.
