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Longest river in the world
The Kalahari Desert is found in _____ Africa
Apartheid ended in this country in the early 1990s
The capital of Algeria
Largest lake in Africa was named after the Queen of England
The ____ of Guinea is a body of water off the coastline of Nigeria and Cameroon
The capital of this country is Tripoli
Continent to the north of Africa across the Mediterranean Sea
Much of Africa is covered with this grassland biome
The Democratic Republic of the _____ is located in central Africa
This peninsula in northeast Africa contains the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia
Large body of water that borders Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea
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The most populous country of Africa and has the capital city of Abuja
The capital of this country is Addis Ababa
The main river of western Africa and the name of an African country
Ocean to the west of Africa
Mount _____ is the highest mountain in Africa and is located in Tanzania
The capital of Kenya
Large island country off the southeast coast of Africa
This country is home to the ancient pyramids of Giza
This country is located a few miles across the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain
Striped animals that resemble horses
This African animal is often called the King of the Jungle