Africa, the second-largest and second-most-populous continent globally, comprises 54 countries, each with its unique culture, ...

famed for its ancient pyramids Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa, home to the mountain gorillas of Virunga National Park. Kenya’s Maasai Mara to the east, with its famed mass annual ...

Geography shapes development prospects and suggests the ... These are the regions that Collier (2007) calls the "bottom billion"—East, Central, and West Africa; Central Asia; and the Pacific islands.