Country Logic Puzzle by Scambigol #19

Each cell contains a country. You shouldn't type an answer if you are not 100% sure it goes there, no guessing!!

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A. Rules:
1) each country begins with a different letter
2) arrows outside rows/columns indicate that their answers are in alphabetical order
3) each column contains a sandwiched country (a landlocked country with exactly two neighbours)
4) every country in the top row borders the country just below it
5) the number of island countries is the same as the number of Asian countries
6) all island countries are adjacent (horizontally or vertically) to a country that has the same ending letter
7) no 2 countries from Africa have the same number of letters
8) there is a column having countries from 4 different continents and Asia isn't one of them

Hints for getting started:
0) there's 24 answers and countries of the world have 24 different initials
1) list all sandwiched countries
2) list all island countries
Please don't cheat by guess and check!
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Last updated: January 1, 2022
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Andorra
Bhutan
Colombia
DR Congo
Eswatini
Moldova
France
India
Panama
Republic of the Congo
South Africa
Ukraine
Grenada
Jamaica
Liechtenstein
Nepal
Oman
Qatar
Haiti
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
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Level 65
Jan 12, 2022
In the two bottom rows, I knew what the 4 last countries alphabetically would be for each, but I didnt find out how to know which string of four countries would go in each row
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Level 75
Jan 12, 2022
I think hint 8 is what solves that
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Level 65
Jan 12, 2022
Ill let some time pass and try this one again.