African Countries by 10 Category Elimination

Name any African country that applies to the given category. Another category will be shown - name any country that applies to both of those, and so on. Can you finish this puzzle?
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Challenge: guess 10 different countries!
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Last updated: September 30, 2019
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Category
Country
50
doesn't contain the letter Z
36
has unique first 3 letters for Africa
29
doesn't have land on the Equator
23
doesn't touch the Sahara Desert
22
makes up <1% of world population
16
initial in the first half of the alphabet
11
is over 25,000 sq.km (~10,000 sq.mi)
8
is not landlocked (is coastal)
3
is in West Africa (Wikipedia borders)
1
whose official language is English
Ghana
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17 Comments
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Level 67
Oct 1, 2019
Yeah, Ghana all the way!
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Level 52
Oct 1, 2019
I think I'm "Ghana" take this quiz again!
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Level 66
Oct 1, 2019
Although you don't have "To, go" for it!
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Level 68
Oct 2, 2019
South Africa doesn’t work for clue 2.
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Level 66
Oct 2, 2019
Yeah, South Sudan also has SOU as its initials.
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Level 34
Oct 13, 2019
Ghana all the way!
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Level 70
Jan 27, 2020
i did south africa for the first, togo for awhile, benin 2 times, and ghana finished
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Level 50
Mar 6, 2020
Rwanda, Rwanda, Rwanda, Rwanda, Rwanda, Burundi (oof), Ghana, Ghana, Ghana, Ghana, Ghana.
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Level 58
Mar 10, 2020
I started out with Ghana so this was weird.
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Level 74
May 3, 2021
Lesotho all the way up to the "not landlocked" one, then a bit of a struggle because I wasn't really paying attention to the clues...
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Level 38
May 8, 2021
I had Ivory Coast the entire thing and then had to think but good thing that Ghana is really close.
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Level 46
May 8, 2021
Guessed Ghana from the 2nd clue!
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Level 63
Feb 25, 2022
I GOT IT WITH 5 SECONDS REMAINING

djibouti works for up to over 10k miles

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Level 44
Apr 21, 2024
I guessed Ghana from the very beginning! That was insane!
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Level 43
Nov 21, 2024
Malawi, Egypt, Egypt, Eswatini, Eswatini, Eswatini, Botswana, Angola, Ghana, Ghana
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Level 53
Mar 10, 2025
How is algeria not acceptable for over 25,000 sq km but ghana is?
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Level 53
Mar 10, 2025
Oh wait just saw the thing in the description nvm. No wonder the answers seemed fickle