| LUSAKA | Capital of South Africa feeding this country in Latin America |
| VICTORIA | Lake - - -, large lake in Africa feeding the Nile (8) |
| COLCANNON | Officer fired from the army for feeding this to the locals (9) |
| TUNISIA | According to Greek legend, Dido founded the city of Carthage in this country in the 9th century BCE. That city is now a suburb of the country's capital. |
| BOLIVIA | La Paz is the capital city of this country in South America (7) |
| KENYA | Nairobi is the capital of this country in Africa (5) |
| ANGOLA | Luanda is the capital of this country in Africa |
| PRETORIA | Administrative capital of South Africa, in the north- eastern province of Gauteng (8) |
| RAND | Capital of Russia and capital of South Africa (4) |
| SOUTHAFRICA | The Blue Moon of Josephine diamond, mined in this country in 2014, was sold at auction for a record $48.4 million in 2015 |
| INDIA | New Delhi is the capital of this country in Asia (5) |
| CUBA | Havana is the capital of this country in the Caribbean (4) |
| EGYPT | Suez Canal is in this country in Africa (5) |
| AMERICA | Australia beat this country in the finals of the Davis Cup in 1951 |
| CAPETOWN | Legislative capital of South Africa, in the SW on Table Bay (4,4) |
| ALGERIA | Freedom fighter Ahmed Ben Bella became the first president of this country in 1963, after independence from France in 1962 (7) |
| PAKISTAN | Benazir Bhutto became prime minister of this country in 1988, becoming the first female PM of a Muslimmajority nation |
| ETHIOPIA | Mulatu Teshome became the president of this country in 2013 |
| ZAIRE | All the letters sent back to this country in Africa (5) |
| SCOTLAND | Production of the AC 3000ME moved to this country in 1984 (8) |
