Geography
This is the second-largest country in Africa by area and is located in Central Africa.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
This European country colonized the DRC before it gained independence in 1960.
What is Belgium?
Portuguese is the official language of this island nation.
What is São Tomé and Príncipe?
This large, endangered ape is native to Central African rainforests.
What is the gorilla?
Paul Biya has ruled this Central African country since 1982.
What is Cameroon?
This Central African country has both Atlantic coastline and borders Nigeria to the northwest.
What is Cameroon?
The capital of Equatorial Guinea is located on this island.
What is Bioko Island?
This is the official language of both Congo countries.
What is French?
The Congo Basin contains the second-largest rainforest in the world after this one.
What is the Amazon?
This disease outbreak has affected several parts of the DRC in recent years.
What is Ebola?
The Zambezi River forms part of this country’s southern border.
What is Angola?
This Central African country was once called French Equatorial Africa.
What is the Republic of the Congo?
The Kuba people of Central Africa are known for this type of decorative textile.
What is raffia cloth?
This rare forest giraffe is found only in the DRC.
What is the okapi?
This mineral, vital for electronics and mined in the DRC, is often linked to conflict.
What is cobalt?
This capital city, located on the Atlantic coast, is the capital of Gabon.
What is Libreville?
São Tomé and Príncipe became an important producer of this crop under
What is cocoa?
Music from the DRC, such as soukous, is also known by this French term meaning "to shake".
What is rumba?
This river is the deepest in the world.
What is the Congo River?
This UN mission has operated in the DRC since 1999.
What is MONUSCO?
This mountain range lies in the northwestern part of Central Africa.
What are the Cameroon Highlands?
This empire once controlled parts of what is now northern Chad and Sudan.
What is the Kanem-Bornu Empire?
This traditional Central African religion often incorporates ancestral worship and nature spirits.
What is animism?
Zakouma National Park, a conservation success story, is found in this country.
What is Chad?
This country’s president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is the longest-serving leader in Africa.
What is Equatorial Guinea?