This is Africa

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Economy
Africa's largest economy?	Nigeria
Nr. 1 cocoa-bean producer / exporter in the world?	Cote d'Ivoire
Most developed African country?	Seychelles
Nr. 1 African Oil-producer, October, 2022?	Libya
Nr. 1 diamond-producer, 2022?	Botswana
Nr. 1 African coffee-producer- and exporter, 2022?	Ethiopia
History
The original nickname for Africa?	Alkebu-lan
First elected African-born female president?	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
South Africa's first African-born president?	Nelson Mandela
Former dictator of Uganda, 1971-1979?	Idi Amin
Youngest country in the world?	South Sudan
Most famous Ethiopian, and former emperor of Ethiopia?	Haile Selassie
Gained independence from Ethiopia, 1993?	Eritrea
Former confederation between Gambia and Senegal (1982-1989)?	Senegambia
African country that beat Italy in war, 1894-1896?	Ethiopia
Most lethal war since WWII, 1998-2003?	Second Congo War
Former dictator of the Central African Republic, 1966-1979?	Jean-Bedel Bokassa
Former president of Egypt, 1981-2011?	Hosni Mubarak
22 year long civil-war (1975-2022)	Angolan Civil-War
Former Libyan dictator (1969-2011) and creator of the AU?	Muammar al-Gaddafi
First Sub-Saharan country granted independence, 1957?	Ghana
Shortest documented war in history: 40 minutes, 1896?	Anglo-Zanzibar war
DRC's former dictator, 1967-1997?	Mobutu Sese Seko
Former West-African empire (1230 CE – 1670 CE)?	Mali Empire
And the Emperor of that empire?	Mansa Musa
Gained independence from South Africa, 1990?	Namibia
Oldest independent African country?	Ethiopia
African Independence
Algeria	1962
Angola	1975
Benin	1960
Burkina Faso	1960
Burundi	1962
Cabo Verde	1975
Cameroon	1960
Central African Republic	1960
Chad	1960
Comoros	1975
Cote d'Ivoire	1960
Djibouti	1960
Democratic Republic of Congo	1977
Egypt	1922
Equatorial Guinea	1968
Eritrea	1993
Eswatini	1968
Ethiopia	1941
Gabon	1960
Gambia	1965
Ghana	1957
Guinea	1958
Guinea-Bissau	1973
Kenya	1963
Lesotho	1966
Liberia	1847
Libya	1951
Madagascar	1960
Malawi	1964
Mali	1960
Mauritania	1960
Mauritius	1968
Morocco	1956
Mozambique	1975
Namibia	1990
Niger	1960
Nigeria	1960
Republic of Congo	1960
Rwanda	1962
Sao Tome and Principe	1975
Seychelles	1976
Senegal	1960
Sierra Leone	1961
Somalia	1960
South Africa	1931
South Sudan	2011
Sudan	1956
Tanzania	1961
Togo	1960
Tunisia	1956
Uganda	1962
Zambia	1964
Zimbabwe	1980

Angola	Agostinho Neto
Botswana	Seretse Khama
Democratic Republic of Congo	Patrice Lumumba
Central African Republic	David Sacko
Eritrea	Isaias Afwerki
Ethiopia	Haile Selassie
Gambia	Dawda Jawara
Ghana	Kwame Nkrumah
Kenya	Jomo Kenyatta
Libya	Idris as-Senussi
Mozambique	Samora Machel
Morocco	Mohamed
South Africa	Nelson Mandela
South Sudan	Salva Kiir Mayardit
Tanzania	Julius Nyerere
Uganda	Milton Obote

Geography / Topography
African countries not connected to mainland Africa?	6
Largest landlocked country?	Chad
Largest African country by area?	Algeria
Only African Middle-Eastern country?	Egypt
World's fourth-largest island?	Madagascar
Countries of North Africa?	6
Largest mountain?	Mount Kilimanjaro
Countries within Africa?	54
Largest lake?	Lake Victoria
Longest river?	Nile
Largest waterfall?	Victoria Fall
Largest desert?	Sahara
Politics / Geopolitics
Africa's strongest military?	Egypt
Country where that organization's headquarters are located?	Ethiopia
Africa's only theocracy?	Mauritania
Tanzania's first female leader?	Samia Hassan Suluhu
West-African economic cooperation organisation, established 1975?	ECOWAS
African equivalent of EU?	African Union
African monarchies, 2022?	3
Disputed area belonging to Somalia?	Somaliland
Africa's North Korea?	Eritrea
Disputed area belonging to Morocco?	Western Sahara

Society / Demography
Most spoken language throughout Africa?	Arabic
Dutch-resembling language used in Southern Africa?	Afrikaans
Strongest employment-rate in Africa?	Mauritius
Most populated landlocked country?	Ethiopia
Most populated city?	Cairo
Most literate country?	Equatorial Guinea
Least literate country?	Niger
World's third-largest movie industry?	Nollywood
Second most populated Portuguese-speaking country?	Angola
Only African country with Spanish as official language?	Equatorial Guinea
World's poorest country?	Burundi
Africa's oldest university (859 AD): University of Al-Karaouine?	Morocco
Africa's cleanest water-systems, 2022?	Egypt
African countries with 100+ million inhabitants, 2022?	4
Africa's most developed infrastructure?	South Africa
Most populated African country?	Nigeria
The main-religion within Africa?	Christianity
Terrorism
Leader of the terror group ISWAP (Islamic State West African Province)? Established in 2016.	Abu Musab al-Barnawi
Infamous northern Nigerian jihadist group?	Boko-Haram

Level 84

Sep 23, 2021

I'm pretty sure Chad is bigger than Ethiopia and that Arabic has more speakers in Africa than Swahili

Level 75

Aug 1, 2022

Good quiz with educational value. I ran out of time. I would suggest another minute or two.

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