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As conventionally understood, however, West Africa is primarily a political and economic designation and comprises all the areas considered here except Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and the Saharan parts of Mali, Mauritania, and Niger.

Geographic regions in Africa

• Four regions: North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.
• Five regions: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.
• Six regions: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, North East Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa.

The West Africa UN subregion includes the following countries:Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo .

As of 2019, South Africa’s population increased and counted approximately 58.4 million inhabitants in total, of which the majority (roughly 47.4 million) were Black Africans….Total population of South Africa in 2019, by ethnic groups (in 1,000s)

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Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases….Africa.

Somalia

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Indian Ocean