1. North Africa.
It usually includes Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Madeira Islands (belonging to Portugal), Western Morocco (belonging to Spain), Ceuta (belonging to Spain), Melilla (belonging to Spain), and Canary Islands (belonging to Spain). Egypt, Sudan and Libya are sometimes called Northeast Africa.
2. East Africa.
It often includes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Seychelles, Rwanda and Burundi.
3. West Africa.
Including Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, Sierra Leone, Liberia, C ô te d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Western Sahara, Nigeria and St. Helena (belonging to the United Kingdom).
4. Central Africa.
It often includes Chad, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Congo Brazzaville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sao Tome and Principe.
5. South Africa.
It often includes Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Comoros, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mayotte Island, Reunion Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, French Southern Hemisphere and Antarctic Territory, etc.