CIA World FactBook

Many of Burkina Faso’s ethnic groups arrived in the region between the 12th and 15th centuries. The...

In the early 1800s, multiple political entities in what is now Botswana were destabilized or...

Present-day Benin is comprised of about 42 ethnic groups, including the Yoruba in the southeast,...

Bantu-speaking people settled in the area now called Angola in 6th century A.D.; by the 10th century...

Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians,...