Africa borders quiz
Learn which of the 48 countries of Africa share a land border. Route from one country to another through its neighbours, then name them all against the clock.
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How it works
- A few at a time. You see each new border first, then recall it until it sticks.
- Mistakes become practice. Whatever you miss comes back sooner, mixed with what you already know.
- Keep it for good. Spaced repetition brings everything back just before you would forget it.
Land neighbours of Africa
| Country | Borders |
|---|---|
| Algeria | Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia |
| Angola | DR Congo, Namibia, Republic of the Congo, Zambia |
| Benin | Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Togo |
| Botswana | Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Burkina Faso | Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Togo |
| Burundi | DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania |
| Cameroon | Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo |
| Central African Republic | Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Sudan |
| Chad | Cameroon, Central African Republic, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan |
| Djibouti | Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia |
| DR Congo | Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia |
| Egypt | Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan |
| Equatorial Guinea | Cameroon, Gabon |
| Eritrea | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan |
| Eswatini | Mozambique, South Africa |
| Ethiopia | Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan |
| Gabon | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of the Congo |
| Gambia | Senegal |
| Ghana | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo |
| Guinea | Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone |
| Guinea-Bissau | Guinea, Senegal |
| Ivory Coast | Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali |
| Kenya | Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Lesotho | South Africa |
| Liberia | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone |
| Libya | Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia |
| Malawi | Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
| Mali | Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal |
| Mauritania | Algeria, Mali, Senegal |
| Morocco | Algeria |
| Mozambique | Eswatini, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Namibia | Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Zambia |
| Niger | Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Nigeria |
| Nigeria | Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger |
| Republic of the Congo | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Gabon |
| Rwanda | Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Senegal | Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania |
| Sierra Leone | Guinea, Liberia |
| Somalia | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya |
| South Africa | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Zimbabwe |
| South Sudan | Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda |
| Sudan | Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan |
| Tanzania | Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia |
| Togo | Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana |
| Tunisia | Algeria, Libya |
| Uganda | DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania |
| Zambia | Angola, Botswana, DR Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe | Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia |