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Mali

A landlocked West African country with a rich history including Timbuktu, facing security challenges.

Mali was home to the medieval Mali Empire, one of Africa's most powerful states.

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Malawi

A landlocked Southern African country known as the 'Warm Heart of Africa', with Lake Malawi.

Malawi relies heavily on agriculture, with tobacco as a major export crop.

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Madagascar

A large island nation with unique wildlife, vanilla production, and French cultural influences.

Madagascar is home to lemurs found nowhere else on Earth.

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Libya

A North African country with oil wealth, Mediterranean coastline, and recent political turmoil.

Ancient Leptis Magna in Libya contains some of the best-preserved Roman ruins.

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Liberia

A West African country founded by freed American slaves, with rubber plantations and recovery from civil war.

Monrovia, Liberia's capital, is named after U.S. President James Monroe.

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Lesotho

A mountainous Southern African kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa, known for textiles.

Lesotho is the only independent state in the world that lies entirely above 1,000 meters elevation.

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Kenya

An East African hub for technology and tourism, famous for wildlife, Nairobi, and marathon runners.

Kenya's Maasai Mara hosts the annual wildebeest migration.

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Guinea-Bissau

A small West African country with Portuguese influence, cashew production, and political challenges.

Guinea-Bissau's economy depends heavily on cashew nut exports.

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Guinea

A West African country with mineral riches including bauxite, facing political instability.

Conakry, Guinea's capital, is located on the Atlantic coast on the Tombo Island.

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Ghana

A stable West African democracy known for gold, cocoa, and as a center of pan-African culture.

Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule.

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