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Republic of South Sudan2011-07-05T12:36:13Z
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Like twins, the two islands that comprise Sao Tome and Principe have to live together, but the sibling rivalry is intense, precluding even agreement on a national name that removes the need to include both2010-09-10T14:54:36Z
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It is the only African country which was once headed by a poet and a member of France’s hallowed Academie Francaise, i.e. Leopold Sedar Senghor2010-09-10T14:53:57Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008342/-/uooshe/-/index.html
Guinea has the wettest capital on earth, with 3.7 metres of rain a year2010-09-10T14:53:19Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008338/-/uoosgo/-/index.html
Chimpanzees in Cote d’Ivoire have been using stone tools to crack open nuts for more than 100 years2010-09-10T14:52:38Z
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Lake Volta is the world's largest artificial lake2010-09-10T14:52:03Z
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Sierra Leone police station turned into snake pit when 400 hissing snakes invaded the station in June 2009!2010-09-10T14:51:18Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008330/-/uoosgg/-/index.html
Has gone through one of the most hardline Marxist regimes to one of the continent’s most progressive multi-party democracies2010-09-10T14:50:10Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008328/-/uoosfs/-/index.html
President Yahya Jammeh claims to cure Aids and asthma. He takes a day off each week from his State duties to attend to Aids patients2010-09-10T14:49:09Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008322/-/uoosfm/-/index.html
The men of the Wodaabé tribe are so tall and amazing looking that they enter beauty contests. A panel of female judges picks a winner after hours of dancing and face-pulling.2010-09-10T14:48:09Z
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Mali is rapidly being swallowed up by the Sahara desert - about 65% of the country is now desert or semi-desert. Ongoing droughts, overgrazing, topsoil erosion, harsh desert winds, and the scavenging of trees for firewood are all to blame2010-09-10T14:47:30Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008318/-/uoosew/-/index.html
Imagine a country whose diaspora is more than double the resident population, and you have Cape Verde2010-09-10T14:46:55Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008314/-/uooses/-/index.html
Despite a veneer of democratic rule, Togo is one of the handful of African countries that are run as family dynasties. Since 1967, the Eyadema family has run the country as its fiefdom, with the full backing of the army2010-09-10T14:46:23Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008312/-/uooseq/-/index.html
If you want a country that blatantly imitates the US ‘Stars n’ Stripes’ flag, it is Liberia. The colours and stripes are identical, only that the ‘star’ is a single one2010-09-10T14:45:48Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008310/-/uooseo/-/index.html
The red river hogs, which consume dead animals and act like scavengers, can be found in Guinea-Bissau 2010-09-10T14:45:06Z
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Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births in the world, compared to any other country - The centre of this twin zone is Igbo-Ora, a town in South-West Nigeria2010-09-10T14:44:10Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008306/-/uoosdy/-/index.html
The country’s two presidents (one current the other former) changed their names at some point2010-09-10T14:43:30Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008302/-/uoosdu/-/index.html
For a country which was named “the land of upright people,” ancient magic rituals, shamans and witchcraft are prevalent in rural areas2010-09-10T14:42:39Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1008300/-/uoosds/-/index.html
The country is fondly referred to as “Africa in Miniature.” This is because it is the home to more than 200 different groups of people divided by linguistics and ethnicity. The climate and the geographical location of the country is also a mirror of the typical climate you would find in any place across the continent of Africa2010-09-10T14:41:39Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007790/-/uoo7ff/-/index.html
President Mugabe's wife, Grace Mugabe, is fond of her lavish shopping sprees despite the severe economic crises at home!2010-09-10T10:51:23Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007788/-/uoo7er/-/index.html
South Africa's current president Zuma had an interesting theory on HIV prevention, taking a shower after unprotected sex2010-09-10T10:50:14Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007740/-/uoo7b0/-/index.html
Graca Machel became the first African woman to be the first lady of two nations! She is the third wife of Nelson Mandela and the widow of the late Mozambican president Samora Machel2010-09-10T10:46:44Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007728/-/uoo79g/-/index.html
The traditional ‘Turning of the Bones’ or ‘famadihana’ ceremony: the corpses of the ‘razana’ (ancestors) are removed from their tombs, cleaned and wrapped in a new shroud before becoming guests of honour at a party that may last several day - it is hoped that this will keep the powerful ancestors happy so that they will intervene positively in the lives of the family2010-09-10T10:34:08Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007726/-/uoo79e/-/index.html
A monkey once urinated on President Banda during a news conference!2010-09-10T10:31:25Z
http://www.africareview.com/Country+Profiles/-/979196/1007724/-/uoo79c/-/index.html
Seychelles is scattered over an area of 1.4 million km² of ocean!2010-09-10T10:28:56Z