| GUINEABISSAU | Republic in West Africa known until 1974 as Portuguese Guinea (6-6) |
| ANTANANARIVO | Capital and largest city of Madagascar, known until 1976 as Tananarive (12) |
| MALI | Landlocked republic of West Africa known between 1898 and 1959 as French Sudan (4) |
| THEGAMBIA | Country of West Africa, known for its wildlife and national parks (3,6) |
| BISSAU | Republic in West Africa that became independent from Portugal in 1974 (6-6) |
| GUINEA | Republic in West Africa that became independent from Portugal in 1974 (6-6) |
| SIERRALEONE | Republic in West Africa that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 (6,5) |
| EASTERNCAPE | Province of southern South Africa known in Afrikaans as Oos-Kaap (7,4) |
| ZAMBIA | Landlocked country of south central Africa known from 1911 to 1964 as Northern Rhodesia (6) |
| LIMPOPO | Northernmost province of South Africa, known as the Northern Province until 2002 (7) |
| MALABO | Capital of Equatorial Guinea, known until 1973 as Santa Isabel (6) |
| GHANA | A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. |
| NIGERIA | Republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea (7) |
| BURKINAFASO | An inland republic in West Africa, formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta (7,4) |
| GAMBIA | The ---, republic in West Africa, almost entirely surrounded by Senegal (6) |
| TOGO | A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea (4) |
| NIGER | A landlocked republic in West Africa; became fully independent from France in 1960 (5) |
| RWANDA | Landlocked country of central Africa known as 'le pays des mille collines' (French: 'land of a thousand hills') (6) |
| LESOTHO | Enclave of South Africa known as the Mountain Kingdom (7) |
| HADEDA | Ibis native to sub-Saharan Africa - known for its raucous cry (6) |
