TEN FASCINATING THINGS YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT AFRICA
1. Africa is the second largest continent. It is bigger than Europe, the US, China, India and Japan combined. 2. There are 5 regions: North Africa East Africa Central Africa West Africa Southern Africa You have to refer to the bottom region as Southern Africa because there's a country in Southern Africa called South Africa. South Africa is the country, Southern Africa is the region. 3. Egypt is in Africa, but is also part of the Middle East, which is not a continent but a smaller region of countries that are at the junction of Africa and Asia. 4. There are either 54 countries in Africa or 55 countries, depending on who you ask. The 55th country is Western Sahara. Well, Western Sahara considers itself an independent country but this is disputed by Morocco which considers the area as part of Morocco. 5. Africa has 6 Island countries. Of course there are hundreds of small islands that are part of other countries, but only 6 islands are independent nations: Cape Verd...