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[[Image:Train_ndb-choûm_(27).JPG|thumb|right|300px|The longest train in the world, in [[Mauritania]]]]
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[[File:Train_ndb-choûm_(27).JPG|thumb|right|300px|The longest train in the world, in [[Mauritania]]]]
 
Hitching for rides is common practice in '''Africa''', though you may be expected to pay the driver.
 
Hitching for rides is common practice in '''Africa''', though you may be expected to pay the driver.
  
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Road safety in Africa leaves a lot to be desired, and seatbelts are not always fitted. Being stranded in remote areas could be a problem. Speaking English and French is an advantage. Portuguese in some countries. And learning African languages will make your trip much more pleasant. Some languages are understood in very large parts, such as Fulfulde and Bambara in West Africa.
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Road safety in Africa leaves a lot to be desired, and seatbelts are not always fitted. Being stranded in remote areas could be a problem. Speaking English and French is an advantage as well as Portuguese in some countries. However, learning the basic of African languages will make your trip much more pleasant. Some languages are understood in very large parts, such as [[Africa phrasebook#Wolof|Wolof]], Fulfulde and [[Africa phrasebook#Bambara|Bambara]] in [[Western Africa|West Africa]] or Swahili and Arabic in [[Eastern Africa]].
  
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=== Health ===
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For Europeans and Americans visas in Africa are relatively hard compared to other continents. For most countries it's a good idea to plan ahead.
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Malaria is common in many parts of Africa. Inform yourself and take precautions. Some forms of malaria are particularly deadly. The fact that local populations don't take any malaria prophelactics should definitely not stop you from taking any: Africans are much more resistant to malaria.
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== [[Health]] ==
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Malaria is common in most parts of Africa. Inform yourself and take precautions. Some forms of malaria are particularly deadly. The fact that local populations don't take any malaria prophelactics should definitely not stop you from taking any: locals are much more resistant to malaria.
  
 
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Africa as following:
 
The [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm United Nations Statistics Division] defines Africa as following:
  
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=== [[Northern Africa]] ===
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== [[Northern Africa]] ==
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* [[Image:Flag of Algeria.png|20px]] [[Algeria]]
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* [[File:Flag of Algeria.svg|30px|border]] [[Algeria]]
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* [[Image:Flag of Egypt.png|20px]] [[Egypt]]
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* [[File:Flag of Egypt.svg|30px|border]] [[Egypt]]
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* [[Image:Flag of Libya.png|20px]] [[Lybia|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]
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* [[File:Flag of Libya.svg|30px|border]] [[Libya|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]
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* [[Image:Flag Morocco.png|20px]] [[Morocco]]
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* [[File:Flag of Morocco.svg|30px|border]] [[Morocco]]
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* [[Sudan]]
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* [[File:Flag of South Sudan.png|30px|border]] [[South Sudan]]
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* [[Image:Flag of Tunisia.png|20px]] [[Tunisia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Sudan.svg|30px|border]] [[Sudan]]
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* [[Image:Flag Western Sahara.png|20px]] [[Western Sahara]]
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* [[File:Flag of Tunisia.svg|30px|border]] [[Tunisia]]
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* [[File:Flag_Western_Sahara.png|30px|border]] [[Western Sahara]]
  
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=== [[Eastern Africa]] ===
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== [[Eastern Africa]] ==
 
<map lat='5.7908968128719565' lng='16.34765625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' width='400' height='500'/>
 
<map lat='5.7908968128719565' lng='16.34765625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' width='400' height='500'/>
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* [[Burundi]]
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* [[File:Flag of Burundi.svg|30px|border]] [[Burundi]]
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* [[Comoros]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Comoros.svg|30px|border]] [[Comoros]]
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* [[Djibouti]]
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* [[File:Flag of Djibouti.svg|30px|border]] [[Djibouti]]
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* [[Eritrea]]
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* [[File:Flag of Eritrea.svg|30px|border]] [[Eritrea]]
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* [[Ethiopia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|30px|border]] [[Ethiopia]]
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* [[Kenya]]
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* [[File:Flag of Kenya.svg|30px|border]] [[Kenya]]
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* [[Madagascar]]
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* [[File:Flag of Madagascar.svg|30px|border]] [[Madagascar]]
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* [[Malawi]]
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* [[File:Flag of Malawi.svg|30px|border]] [[Malawi]]
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* [[Mauritius]]
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* [[File:Flag of Mauritius.svg|30px|border]] [[Mauritius]]
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* [[Mozambique]]
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* [[File:Flag of Mozambique.svg|30px|border]] [[Mozambique]]
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* [[Rwanda]]
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* [[File:Flag of Rwanda.svg|30px|border]] [[Rwanda]]
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* [[Seychelles]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg|30px|border]] [[Seychelles]]
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* [[Somalia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|30px|border]] [[Somalia]]
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* [[Uganda]]
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* [[File:Flag of Uganda.svg|30px|border]] [[Uganda]]
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* [[Tanzania|United Republic of Tanzania]]
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* [[File:Flag of Tanzania.svg|30px|border]] [[Tanzania|United Republic of Tanzania]]
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* [[Zambia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Zambia.svg|30px|border]] [[Zambia]]
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* [[Zimbabwe]]
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* [[File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|30px|border]] [[Zimbabwe]]
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== [[Central Africa]] ==
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* [[File:Flag of Angola.svg|30px|border]] [[Angola]]
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* [[File:Flag of Cameroon.svg|30px|border]] [[Cameroon]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg|30px|border]] [[Central African Republic]]
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* [[File:Flag of Chad.svg|30px|border]] [[Chad]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg|30px|border]] [[Republic of the Congo]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg|30px|border]] [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
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* [[File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg|30px|border]] [[Equatorial Guinea]]
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* [[File:Flag of Gabon.svg|30px|border]] [[Gabon]]
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* [[File:Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg|30px|border]] [[São Tomé and Príncipe|Sao Tome and Principe]]
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== [[Southern Africa]] ==
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* [[File:Flag of Botswana.svg|30px|border]] [[Botswana]]
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* [[File:Flag of Lesotho.svg|30px|border]] [[Lesotho]]
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* [[File:Flag of Namibia.svg|30px|border]] [[Namibia]]
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* [[File:Flag of South Africa.svg|30px|border]] [[South Africa]]
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* [[File:Flag of Swaziland.svg|30px|border]] [[Swaziland]]
  
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=== [[Middle Africa]] ===
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== [[Western Africa]] ==
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* [[Angola]]
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* [[File:Flag of Benin.svg|30px|border]] [[Benin]]
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* [[Cameroon]]
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* [[File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg|30px|border]] [[Burkina Faso]]
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* [[Central African Republic]]
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* [[File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg|30px|border]] [[Cape Verde]]
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* [[Chad]],
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* [[File:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg|30px|border]] [[Côte d'Ivoire|Cote d'Ivoire]]
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* [[Congo]]
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* [[File:Flag of The Gambia.svg|30px|border]] [[The Gambia|Gambia]]
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* [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
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* [[File:Flag of Ghana.svg|30px|border]] [[Ghana]]
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* [[Equatorial Guinea]]
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* [[File:Flag of Guinea.svg|30px|border]] [[Guinea]]
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* [[Gabon]]
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* [[File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg|30px|border]] [[Guinea-Bissau]]
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* [[Sao Tome and Principe]]
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* [[File:Flag of Liberia.svg|30px|border]] [[Liberia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Mali.svg|30px|border]] [[Mali]]
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* [[File:Flag of Mauritania.svg|30px|border]] [[Mauritania]]
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* [[File:Flag of Niger.svg|30px|border]] [[Niger]]
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* [[File:Flag of Nigeria.svg|30px|border]] [[Nigeria]]
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* [[File:Flag of Senegal.svg|30px|border]] [[Senegal]]
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* [[File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg|30px|border]] [[Sierra Leone]]
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* [[File:Flag of Togo.svg|30px|border]] [[Togo]]
  
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=== [[Southern Africa]] ===
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=== Autonomic Islands or Regions ===
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* [[Botswana]]
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* [[File:Flag of the Canary Islands.svg|30px|border]] [[Canary Islands]]
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* [[Lesotho]]
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* [[File:Flag Ceuta.svg|30px|border]] [[Ceuta]]
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* [[Namibia]]
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* [[File:Flag of Madeira.svg|30px|border]] [[Madeira Islands]]
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* [[Image:Flag of South Africa.png|20px]] [[South Africa]]
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* [[File:Flag of Mayotte (local).svg|30px|border]] [[Mayotte]]
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* [[Swaziland]]
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* [[File:Flag of Melilla.svg|30px|border]] [[Melilla]]
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* [[File:Flag of Somalia.svg|30px|border]] [[Puntland]]
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* [[File:Flag of Reunion.png|30px|border]] [[Réunion]]
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* [[File:Flag of Saint Helena.svg|30px|border]] [[Saint Helena]]
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* [[File:Flag of Somaliland.svg|30px|border]] [[Somaliland]]
  
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=== [[Western Africa]] ===
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== See Also ==
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* [[Benin]]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160411052029/http://artofadventuring.com:80/how-to-survive-hitchhiking-in-africa How To Survive Hitchhiking In Africa]
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* [[Burkina Faso]]
 
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* [[Cape Verde]]
 
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* [[Cote d'Ivoire]]
 
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* [[Gambia]]
 
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* [[Ghana]]
 
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* [[Guinea]]
 
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* [[Guinea-Bissau]]
 
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* [[Liberia]]
 
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* [[Mali]]
 
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* [[Mauritania]]
 
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* [[Niger]]
 
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* [[Nigeria]]
 
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* [[Senegal]]
 
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* [[Sierra Leone]]
 
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* [[Togo]]
 
  
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=====Autonomic Islands or Regions=====
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{{IsIn|Earth}}
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* [[Image:Flag of the Canary Islands Spain.png|20px]] [[Canary Islands]]
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* [[Image:Flag of Ceuta Spain.png|20px]] [[Ceuta]]
 
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* [[Image:Flag Madeira Portugal.png|20px]] [[Madeira Islands]]
 
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* [[Image:Flag of Mayotte France.png|20px]] [[Mayotte]]
 
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* [[Image:Flag of Melilla Spain.png|20px]] [[Melilla]]
 
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* [[Image:Flag of Reunion.png|20px]] [[Réunion]]
 
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* [[Saint Helena]]
 
  
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==Links==
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[[Category:Africa| ]]
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* [[digi:world/Africa|''Africa'' at digihitch]]
 
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* [[cswiki:Africa|''Africa'' in CouchSurfing Wiki]]
 
  
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[[visa:Africa]]
  
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[[Category:Africa|*]]
 
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[[Category:World]]
 
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[[de:Afrika]]
 
[[de:Afrika]]
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[[es:África]]
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[[fr:Afrique]]
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[[ru:Африка]]
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[[tr:Afrika]]
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[[zh:非洲]]

Latest revision as of 09:34, 9 November 2018

The longest train in the world, in Mauritania

Hitching for rides is common practice in Africa, though you may be expected to pay the driver.

Road safety in Africa leaves a lot to be desired, and seatbelts are not always fitted. Being stranded in remote areas could be a problem. Speaking English and French is an advantage as well as Portuguese in some countries. However, learning the basic of African languages will make your trip much more pleasant. Some languages are understood in very large parts, such as Wolof, Fulfulde and Bambara in West Africa or Swahili and Arabic in Eastern Africa.

For Europeans and Americans visas in Africa are relatively hard compared to other continents. For most countries it's a good idea to plan ahead.


Health

Malaria is common in most parts of Africa. Inform yourself and take precautions. Some forms of malaria are particularly deadly. The fact that local populations don't take any malaria prophelactics should definitely not stop you from taking any: locals are much more resistant to malaria.

The United Nations Statistics Division defines Africa as following:

Northern Africa

Eastern Africa

<map lat='5.7908968128719565' lng='16.34765625' zoom='3' view='0' float='right' width='400' height='500'/>

Central Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

Autonomic Islands or Regions

See Also

visa:Africa

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