Africa’s borders often make less sense the closer you look, straight lines drawn with a ruler across deserts and rivers by people who never set foot there. It’s also home to Addis Ababa, a city turning itself into one of the busiest crossroads on the continent almost single-handedly through Ethiopian Airlines. I’ve made it to 7 countries here so far, with a long list still ahead.
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Countries
Visited
Egypt · Morocco · South Africa · Tanzania · Tunisia · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Still to visit
Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cabo Verde · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Côte d’Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Djibouti · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Sao Tome and Principe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Sudan · Sudan · Togo · Uganda